ahval

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish احوال‎, from Arabic أَحْوَال‎ (ʾaḥwāl), plural of حَال‎ (ḥāl). Compare Uyghur ئەھۋال‎ (ehwal).

Noun

ahval (definite accusative ahvali, plural ahvallar)

  1. conditions, circumstances

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) , “ahval”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN
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