حَالٌ state in Arabic
حَالٌ is how you say “state” in Arabic.
Root ح و ل ḥ-w-l. noun. ḥāl.
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Meaning of state in Arabic
- state, condition the condition a person or thing is currently in
- circumstance, situation
Example sentence
فَإذْ عَكَسْتَ الْحَالَ
So when you reverse the state,
الْحَالَ the state
al- = 'the'; hal means 'state, condition'; the '-a' ending marks it as the object ('the state').
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How it is used
Ḥāl is the noun form built on the root's basic verb ḥāla, "to become altered or changed" — so it names the condition something is in at a given moment, a condition understood as liable to shift. The same root also gives ḥawl, "year," since a year passing is itself a kind of change.
Words from the same root
- حَوْلٌ a year
- حَالَةٌ a state, condition, case
- تَحَوُّلٌ a changing, turning into something else
- حِيلَةٌ a stratagem, trick, means
- حَيْلُولَةٌ an intervening, coming between
More example sentences
فإذا اكتفى بدون الشبع، حسن اغتذاء بدنه، وصلح حال نفسه وقلبه
If he is content with less than satiety, his body is well-nourished, and his soul and heart are in good condition.
نَفْسِهِ of his soul
This is 'his soul', the owner in 'state of his soul', in the genitive to mark possession, with the attached 'his' tying the state to the same person. It also chains into the next owner joined by 'and'.
وَهَذَا حَالٌ كَثِيرٌ مِّنَ الْمُتَفَقِّرَةِ وَالْمُتَصَوِّفَةِ
And this is the condition of many of the ascetics and the Sufis.
حَالٌ a condition
An indefinite noun 'a state/condition' serving as the predicate, telling what 'this' IS. No 'is' word joins them; the demonstrative and the noun simply equate. Its indefiniteness opens it up to be further specified by the 'of many...' that follows.
وَتَكُونُ الْحَالُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مُوَازَنَةً لِهَذِهِ الْأَحْوَالِ الثَّلاَثِ
And on the Day of Resurrection the state will be a balance for these three conditions.
الْحَالُ the state
A definite noun, the subject of the 'will be' verb. With 'al-' it points to the known overall state being discussed, the thing that will turn out to be a weighing.
Common questions
- How do you say "state" in Arabic?
- حَالٌ (ḥāl).
- What is the root of حَالٌ and what does it mean؟
- The root is ح و ل (ḥ-w-l), carrying the sense of changing, altering, or shifting from one condition to another.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).