غزل

See also: عزل

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ز ل (ḡ-z-l).

Verb

غَزَلَ (ḡazala) I, non-past يَغْزِلُ‎ (yaḡzilu)

  1. to spin

Conjugation

Verb

غَزِلَ (ḡazila) I, non-past يَغْزَلُ‎ (yaḡzalu)

  1. to sweet-talk, to flirt, to cajole, to display amorous gestures [+ بِ (object) = to]

Conjugation

Verb

غَزَّلَ • (ḡazzala) II, non-past يُغَزِّلُ‎ (yuḡazzilu)

(rare)
  1. to pirouette, to whirl

Conjugation

Noun

غَزْل (ḡazl) m (plural غُزُول (ḡuzūl))

  1. verbal noun of غَزَلَ (ḡazala) (form I)
  2. thread, yarn

Declension

Derived terms

  • غَزْلِيّ (ḡazliyy)

Noun

غَزَل (ḡazal) m (plural غُزُول (ḡuzūl))

  1. compliment, flattery, cajolery
  2. piece of erotic poetry, love hymns; erotic poetry as a genre, ghazal

Declension

Adjective

غَزِل • (ḡazil)

(rare)
  1. amorous, erotical

Declension

References

  • Corriente, Federico (2005), غزل”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 836
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), غزل”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 211
  • Freytag, Georg (1835), غزل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 273–274
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), غزل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2255–2256
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), غزل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 914

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic غَزْل (ḡazl).

Pronunciation

Noun

غزل (ğazal)

  1. (poetry) ghazal (form of lyric love poetry)

Proper noun

غزل (ğazal)

  1. A female given name, Ghazal.
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