قول

See also: فول and ق و ل

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق و ل (q-w-l).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qawl/

Noun

قَوْل (qawl) m (plural أَقْوَال (ʾaqwāl) or أَقَاوِيل (ʾaqāwīl))

  1. verbal noun of قَالَ (qāla) (form I)
  2. saying, word, sentence
    • a. 966, Al-Mutanabbi
      وَكَمْ مِنْ عَائِبٍ قَوْلًا صَحِيحًا / وَآفَتُهُ مِنَ الْفَهْمِ السَّقِيمِ
      wakam min ʿāʾibin qawlan ṣaḥīḥan / waʾāfatuhū mina l-fahmi s-saqīmi
      And how many are those who criticize a sound saying – while the fault is in their ill understanding!
  3. speech
  4. agreement, promise, contract

Declension

Verb

قَوَّلَ (qawwala) II, non-past يُقَوِّلُ‎ (yuqawwilu)

  1. (ditransitive) to say about to have said
    لَا تُقَوِّلْنِي مَا لَمْ أَقُل!
    lā tuqawwilnī mā lam ʾaqul!
    Don’t put into my mouth what I haven’t said!

Conjugation


Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *kul (servant).

Noun

قول (kul)

  1. servant
    1. villein, serf
    2. soldier, footman; patrol, watchman
Derived terms
  • قوللق / قوللوق (kulluk, service)
    • قوللقچی (kullukçı, servant)
  • قوللنمق / قولانمق (kullanmak, to use)
  • بوغاز قولی (boğaz kulı, belly-god, gourmand)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *kol (arm).

Noun

قول (kol)

  1. arm
    قول بورمقkol burmakto bend the arm
  2. branch, section, division
    1. squadron of soldiers watching out, platoon of an army going out for patrol, vigil
      قول دولاشمقkol dolaşmakto walk patrol
Derived terms
  • قولتوق (koltuk, armpit; corner-shop; armchair)
  • قولاج (kulaç, as far as an arm can reach; fathom)
  • قولچاق (kolçak, brassard, gauntlet)
  • قولاق (kolak, one who has lost an arm, arm-cripple)
  • قولداش (koldaş, companion, associate)
  • قوللامق (kollamak, to help, to assist; to protect, to look after, to guard)
  • قولای (kolay, easy to handle, facile)
    • قولیلق (kolaylık, easiness, facility)
    • قولیلمق / قولایلامق (kolaylamak, to facilitate; to have nearly finished, to break the back of)
    • قولیلنمق (kolaylanmak, to run easy, to go smoothly)

Etymology 3

From Arabic قَوْل (qawl).

Noun

قول (kavl) (plural اقاویل)

  1. saying, dictum, utterance, sentence
  2. vow, agreement, covenant

References


Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَوْل (qawl).

Pronunciation

  • (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): [ɢou̯l]
  • (file)

Noun

قول (qoul)

  1. promise
  2. vow
  3. word

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kol (arm). Cognate with Turkish kol (arm).

Noun

قول (qol) (plural قوللار (qollar))

  1. hand

Declension

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