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خَالٌ خال خالي A maternal uncle; one's mother's brother: (JK, S, K:) pl. أَخْوَالٌ (S, Msb, K) and أَخْوِلَةٌ, (K,) [both pls. of pauc.,] the latter anomalous, (TA,) and (of mult., TA) خُوَّلٌ and خُؤُولٌ (K) and خُؤُولَةٌ: (Msb, K:) the fem. is خَالَ, (JK, S, K,) a maternal aunt; one's mother's sister: (JK, S:) and the pl. of this is خَالَاتٌ. (Msb.) One says, هُمَاا@بْنَا خَالَةٍ [meaning Each of them two is a son of a maternal aunt of the other]; but one cannot say, ا@بْنَا عَمَّةٍ: (K:) and in like manner one says, ا@بْنَا عَمًّ; but one cannot say, ا@بْنَا خَالٍ. (TA.) -A2- An owner of a horse: you say, أَنَا خَالُ هٰذَا الفَرَسِ I am the owner of this horse. (K.) [See also خَالٌ in art. خيل.] ― -b2- هُوَ خَالُ مَالٍ and مَالٍ ↓ خَائِلُ He is a manager, or tender, of cattle, or camels &c.; (K;) or a good manager or tender thereof; (S, K; *) and so مَالٍ ↓ خَوْلِىُّ : (S:) ↓ خَائِلٌ signifies also a keeper, or guardian, of a thing; (T, S;) or a pastor; (Fr, TA;) a people's pastor, who milks and waters and pastures for them; and one who pays frequent attention to a thing, puts it into a good or right state, or restores it to such a state, and undertakes the management of it: (T, TA:) خُوَّلٌ [is a pl. of خَائِلٌ, like as نُوَّمٌ is of نَائِمٌ, &c., and] signifies pastors who take care of cattle, or camels &c.: (TA:) and ↓ خَوْلِىٌّ , (K,) or, accord. to the M, ↓ خَوَلِىٌّ , (TA,) signifies a pastor who is a good manager of cattle, or camels, and sheep or goats; (M, K, * TA;) or a good manager and orderer of the affairs of men; (TA;) and its pl. [or quasi-pl. n. or n. un.] is ↓ خَوَلٌ ; (M, K;) accord. to the M, like as عَرَبٌ is of عَرَبِىٌّ. (TA.) [See also خَالٌ in art. خيل.] -A3- An indication, or a symptom, sign, mark, or token, of good (S, * K, TA) in a person. (S, TA.) See 4. -A4- A mole; i. e. [a thing resembling] a pimple in the face, inclining to blackness: dim. ↓ خُوَيْلٌ and خُيَيْلٌ: and pl. خِيلَانٌ. (JK. [See also art. خيل.]) -A5- The [kind of banner called] لِوَآء, of an army or a military force. (S, K. [See also art. خيل.]) ― -b2- A kind of soft garment, or cloth, of the fabric of El-Yemen: (JK:) a kind of بُرْد, (S, K,) well known, (K,) having a red [or brown] ground, with black lines or stripes. (TA. [Mentioned also in art. خيل.]) -A6- A black stallion-camel. (IAar, K. [See also art. خيل.])
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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