قيل وقال

Arabic

Alternative forms

قِيل وَقَال وَمَقَال (qīl waqāl wamaqāl), قَال وَمَقَال (qāl wamaqāl)

Etymology

Literally: “It was said and [then] he said”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qiːl wa.qaːl/

Noun

قِيل وَقال • (qīl waqāl) m (definite state الْقِيل وَٱلْقَال (al-qīl wal-qāl), usually uncountable)

unfounded assertions; he said, she said; talk; gossip; hearsay; an exchange of mere opinions or claims

Descendants

→ Persian: قیل و قال (qil o qâl), قیل‌وقال (qil-o-maqâl), قال و مقال (qâl-o-maqâl), قال‌مقال (qâl-maqâl), قال قال (qâl-qâl)
- → Azerbaijani: qalmaqal
  - → Armenian: ղալմաղալ (ġalmaġal)
  - → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܠܡܩܠ (qālmāqāl)
  - → Avar: гъалмагъир (ğalmağir)
  - → Dargwa: къалмакъал (ɢalmaɢal)
  - → Georgian: აყალმაყალი (aq̇almaq̇ali)
  - → Kumyk: къалмагъал (qalmağal)
  - → Lak: къалмакъал (q:almaq:al)
  - → Lezgi: къалмакъал (q̄almaq̄al)
  - → Talysh: ғәлмәғәл
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi:
  
  Urdu: قال مقال (qāl maqāl)
- → Kurdish:
  Northern Kurdish: qalmeqal, qalmeqalm
- → Ottoman Turkish: قیل وقال (kıl ve kal), قال ومقال (kal ve makal), قال مقال (kal makal), قالمقال (kalmakal)
  - → Armenian: խալմախալ (xalmaxal)
  - → Crimean Tatar: kalmakal
- → Turkmen: galmagal

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