بحال

Moroccan Arabic

Alternative forms

• فحال (fḥāl)

Etymology

Inherited from common Maghrebi Arabic, eventually from بِحالِ (bi-ḥāli, literally “in the state of”). Compare Maltese bħal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bħaːl/

Preposition

بحال • (bḥāl)

1. similar to, like, as

Inflection

Inflected forms of بحال
Base form					بحال (bḥāl)
Personal-pronoun- including forms		singular		plural
		m	f
1st person		بحالي (bḥāli)		بحالنا (bḥālna)
2nd person		بحالك (bḥālek)	بحالك (bḥālki)	بحالكم (bḥālkum)
3rd person		بحاله (bḥālu)	بحالها (bḥālha)	بحالهم (bḥālhum)

Urdu

Etymology

From بـ (ba-) +‎ حال (ḥāl).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bə.ɦɑːl/
• Rhymes: -ɑːl

Adjective

بَحال • (bahāl) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling बहाल)

1. reinstated, restored

Related terms

• بحالی (bahālī, “reinstation; restoration”)

References

• “بحال”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بحال”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.