آل

See also: ال and أل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ء و ل (ʔ w l)
10 terms

Compare Akkadian 𒌷 (ālum).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaːl/

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Noun

آل • (ʔāl)

2. family
   • a. 906, الناشئ الأكبر [an-nāšiʾ al-ʾakbar], كأنما الآل باعوا لها (first line)‎^[1]:

     كأنما الآل باعوا لها … سوائمٌ قد غابَ راعيها
     تتلع أحياناً أكمها … ثم تهاوى في مهاويها

     As though the family sold her … cattle of which the herder dashes
     Their hills at times can hold them … Then into their pits she crashes.

4. (obsolete) a vapor or exhalation that becomes visible in the desert in the morn or eve distinct from a سَرَاب (sarāb) by not reflecting
   • c. 700, أُميَّةُ بن أَبي عائِذٍ الهُذَليّ [Umayya ibn ʾabī ʿāʾiḏ (al-huḏalīy)], Dīwān al-Huḏalīyīn [Diwan Hodsailitarum / Hudsailian poems / Huḏaylitendiwan], page 201 verse 38 in Kosegarten’s edition:

     وَفِي غَمْرَةِ الْآلِ خِلْتُ الصُّوَى … عُرُوكًا عَلَى رَائِس يَقْسِمُونَا

     wafī ḡamrati al-ʔāli ḵiltu ṣ-ṣuwā … ʕurūkan ʕalā rāʔis yaqsimūnā

     In the overabundance of fogs I fancied the barrows … the mariners onto the valleyhead, dividing us

Declension

Declension of noun آل (ʔāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	آل ʔāl	الْآل al-ʔāl	آل ʔāl
Nominative	آلٌ ʔālun	الْآلُ al-ʔālu	آلُ ʔālu
Accusative	آلًا ʔālan	الْآلَ al-ʔāla	آلَ ʔāla
Genitive	آلٍ ʔālin	الْآلِ al-ʔāli	آلِ ʔāli

Related terms

• ٱللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ (allāhumma ṣalli ʕalā muḥammadin wa-ʔāli muḥammadin)
• صَلَّى ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ (ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhī wa-ʔālihī wa-sallama)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: آل (al)
• → Persian: آل (âl)

Etymology 2

Root
ء و ل (ʔ w l)
10 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.la/

Verb

آلَ • (ʔāla) I (non-past يَؤُولُ (yaʔūlu), verbal noun أَوْل (ʔawl) or إِيَال (ʔiyāl) or أَيْلُولَة (ʔaylūla))

2. to return
3. to turn into, to become [with إِلَى (ʔilā)]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:صار

Conjugation

    Conjugation of آلَ (I, hollow, a ~ u, impersonal passive, verbal nouns أَوْل, إِيَال, أَيْلُولَة)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						أَوْل, إِيَال, أَيْلُولَة ʔawl, ʔiyāl, ʔaylūla
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						آئِل ʔāʔil
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَؤُول maʔūl
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	أُلْتُ ʔultu	أُلْتَ ʔulta	آلَ ʔāla		أُلْتُمَا ʔultumā	آلَا ʔālā		أُلْنَا ʔulnā	أُلْتُمْ ʔultum	آلُوا ʔālū
	f		أُلْتِ ʔulti	آلَتْ ʔālat			آلَتَا ʔālatā			أُلْتُنَّ ʔultunna	أُلْنَ ʔulna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَؤُولُ ʔaʔūlu	تَؤُولُ taʔūlu	يَؤُولُ yaʔūlu		تَؤُولَانِ taʔūlāni	يَؤُولَانِ yaʔūlāni		نَؤُولُ naʔūlu	تَؤُولُونَ taʔūlūna	يَؤُولُونَ yaʔūlūna
	f		تَؤُولِينَ taʔūlīna	تَؤُولُ taʔūlu			تَؤُولَانِ taʔūlāni			تَؤُلْنَ taʔulna	يَؤُلْنَ yaʔulna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَؤُولَ ʔaʔūla	تَؤُولَ taʔūla	يَؤُولَ yaʔūla		تَؤُولَا taʔūlā	يَؤُولَا yaʔūlā		نَؤُولَ naʔūla	تَؤُولُوا taʔūlū	يَؤُولُوا yaʔūlū
	f		تَؤُولِي taʔūlī	تَؤُولَ taʔūla			تَؤُولَا taʔūlā			تَؤُلْنَ taʔulna	يَؤُلْنَ yaʔulna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَؤُلْ ʔaʔul	تَؤُلْ taʔul	يَؤُلْ yaʔul		تَؤُولَا taʔūlā	يَؤُولَا yaʔūlā		نَؤُلْ naʔul	تَؤُولُوا taʔūlū	يَؤُولُوا yaʔūlū
	f		تَؤُولِي taʔūlī	تَؤُلْ taʔul			تَؤُولَا taʔūlā			تَؤُلْنَ taʔulna	يَؤُلْنَ yaʔulna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		أُلْ ʔul			أُولَا ʔūlā				أُولُوا ʔūlū
	f		أُولِي ʔūlī							أُلْنَ ʔulna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	إِيلَ ʔīla		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُؤَالُ yuʔālu		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُؤَالَ yuʔāla		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُؤَلْ yuʔal		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

Etymology 3

Verb

آلُ • (ʔālu) (form I) /ʔaː.lu/

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of أَلَا (ʔalā)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “آل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “آل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic آل (ʔāl).

Noun

آل • (al)

1. family

References

• Mallouf, Nassif (1856) Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 261

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *āl.

Adjective

آل • (al)

1. crimson, red

Descendants

• Turkish: al
• → Albanian: all
• → Armenian: ալ (al)
• →⇒ Greek: άλικος (álikos, “crimson”)
• → Persian: آل (âl)

See also

Colors in Ottoman Turkish · بویا بویلر (boyalar) (layout · text)

آق (ak)	بوز (boz)	قره (kara)
قزل (kızıl); آل (al)	ترنجی (türünci); قوڭور (koñur)	صاری (sarı)
	یشیل (yeşil)
	گوك (gök)	ماوی (mavi)
مور (mor)	افلاطون (eflatun)	پنبه (pembe)

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔl]

Readings
Classical reading?	āl
Dari reading?	āl
Iranian reading?	âl
Tajik reading?	ol

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁el-. Compare آلا (âlâ), Dezfuli آل (âl, “pink”), Mazanderani آل (âl, “reddish color, red horse”), Northern Talyshi āl ("crimson").

Adjective

آل • (âl)

1. pale red, pink

Derived terms

• آلگون (âlgun)

Etymology 2

Of Turkic Origin, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *āl.

Adjective

آل • (âl)

1. (in compounds) bright red, red, scarlet

Ushojo

Noun

آل (āl)

1. race
2. ethnicity