خليل

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ل ل (ḵ-l-l) related to picking and perforation, probably so because a particular fashion of being intimate is to pick each others bodies as a part for cleanliness.

Noun

خَلِيل (ḵalīl) m (plural أَخِلَّاء (ʾaḵillāʾ) or خُلَّان (ḵullān), feminine خَلِيلَة (ḵalīla))

  1. intimate friend, somebody one is cordial with
    1. true friend, crony

Declension

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