تَخَلِّي abandonment in Arabic
تَخَلِّي is how you say “abandonment” in Arabic.
Root خ ل و kh-l-w. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar, form V — تفعّل). takhallī.
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Meaning of abandonment in Arabic
- abandonment; giving up, relinquishment of something
- divesting or freeing oneself of something the reflexive counterpart to causative خَلَّى ('to vacate, leave'); built on the root's core sense of being empty or free of something
Example sentence
وَإِن عمل سيّئة رَآهَا من تخلّيه عَنهُ وخذلانه لَهُ،
And if he commits a bad deed, he sees it as resulting from His abandonment of him and His forsaking him,
تَخَلِّيِهِ His abandonment
takhalli means 'withdrawing, abandoning'; the ending '-hi' adds 'His' — the 'of…' noun after 'min'.
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How it is used
The root خ ل و centers on emptiness, vacancy, and being free or alone. تَخَلٍّ, the form V verbal noun, takes that sense reflexively: rather than a place simply being empty, the subject actively empties or frees himself of something — hence 'abandonment,' divesting oneself of a possession, duty, or attachment by one's own act.
Words from the same root
- خَلَا to be empty, vacant, or devoid (of something); to be alone; to become free of a fault or thing
- خَلَّى to vacate, leave, or let go of (a place or thing) — the causative form V is built on
- خالاهُ to try to deceive, outwit, or beguile someone
- خَلْوَةٌ privacy, solitude; a private meeting alone with someone
- خَالٍ empty, vacant; alone — active participle of خَلَا
- خَلَآءٌ emptiness, vacancy; an open, unoccupied space
- مُسْتَخْلٍ one who withdraws into seclusion, e.g. to devote himself to religious exercises
Common questions
- How do you say "abandonment" in Arabic?
- تَخَلٍّ (takhallī).
- What root does تخلي come from?
- The root خ ل و (kh-l-w), meaning 'empty, vacant, free of'; تخلي is its form V (تفعّل) verbal noun, denoting the act of divesting or freeing oneself of something.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).