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أَهْل

family /ˈʔahl/

nounA1#344 most common

Also: kinfolk, people (of a place), relatives

Example sentences

هَذَا أَهْلِي.
This is my family.
أَيْنَ أَهْلُكَ؟
Where is your family?
سَأَزُورُ أَهْلِي فِي العُطْلَةِ.
I will visit my family during the holiday.
أَهْلُ القَرْيَةِ كُرَماءُ مَعَ الضُّيوفِ.
The people of the village are generous with guests.
لا تَنْسَ أَهْلَكَ مَهْما ابْتَعَدْتَ عَنْهُمْ.
Do not forget your family no matter how far you go from them.
يُقالُ إنَّ أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ أَدْرى بِشِعابِها.
It is said that the people of Mecca know its mountain passes best.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeأَهْلٌأَهالٍ
Genitiveأَهْلٍأَهالٍ
Accusativeأَهْلاًأَهالِيَ
Vocativeأَهْلُأَهالِي

Word family

أَهْلاً وَسَهْلاًwelcome (greeting)
مَأْهُولinhabited, populated
تَأْهِيلqualification, rehabilitation
أَهْلِيّfamilial, domestic, civil
أَهَّلَto qualify, to make eligible

Etymology

Ahl comes from the Semitic root hamza-ha-lam, tied to the idea of a dwelling and the people who share it. The same root gives a verb meaning to be inhabited or to marry, and the welcome greeting 'ahlan wa sahlan.' Scholars often link it to the Hebrew 'ohel,' meaning tent, where the people of the tent came to mean the family.

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