ئايال
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Uyghur[edit]
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Perso-Arabic | ئايال |
| Latin | ayal |
| Cyrillic | аял |
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic عِيَال (ʕiyāl) through Persian عیال. The semantic sense of “wife, woman” is not present in the original Arabic term and may be a Persian (or more likely Turkic) innovation.
Compare Azerbaijani əyal, Uzbek ayol.