خَالٌ

A maternal uncle; one's mother's brother: (JK, S, K:) plural أَخْوَالٌ (S, Msb, K) and أَخْوِلَةٌ, (K,) [both pls. of pauc.,] the latter anomalous, (TA,) and (of mult., TA) خُوَّلٌ and خُوءُولٌ (K) and خُوءُولَةٌ: (Msb, K:) the feminine is خَالَ, (JK, S, K,) a maternal aunt; one's mother's sister: (JK, S:) and the plural of this is خَالَاتٌ. (Msb.) One says, هُمَاابْنَا خَالَةٍ [meaning Each of them two is a son of a maternal aunt of the other]; but one cannot say, ابْنَا عَمَّةٍ: (K:) and in like manner one says, ابْنَا عَمًّ; but one cannot say, ابْنَا خَالٍ. (TA.)

-A2- An owner of a horse: you say, أَنَا خَالُ هٰذَا الفَرَسِ I am the owner of this horse. (K.) [See also خَالٌ in article خيل.]

هُوَ خَالُ مَالٍ and مَالٍ ↓ خَايءِلُ He is a manager, or tender, of cattle, or camels &c.; (K;) or a good manager or tender thereof; (S, K; *) and so مَالٍ ↓ خَوْلِىُّ: (S:) ↓ خَايءِلٌ signifies also a keeper, or guardian, of a thing; (T, S;) or a pastor; (Fr, TA;) a people's pastor, who milks and waters and pastures for them; and one who pays frequent attention to a thing, puts it into a good or right state, or restores it to such a state, and undertakes the management of it: (T, TA:) خُوَّلٌ [is a plural of خَايءِلٌ, like as نُوَّمٌ is of نَايءِمٌ, &c., and] signifies pastors who take care of cattle, or camels &c.: (TA:) and ↓ خَوْلِىٌّ, (K,) or, according to the M, ↓ خَوَلِىٌّ, (TA,) signifies a pastor who is a good manager of cattle, or camels, and sheep or goats; (M, K, * TA;) or a good manager and orderer of the affairs of men; (TA;) and its plural [or quasi-plural n. or n. un.] is ↓ خَوَلٌ; (M, K;) according to the M, like as عَرَبٌ is of عَرَبِىٌّ. (TA.) [See also خَالٌ in article خيل.]

-A3- An indication, or a symptom, sign, mark, or token, of good (S, * K, TA) in a person. (S, TA.) See 4.

-A4- A mole; i. e. [a thing resembling] a pimple in the face, inclining to blackness: diminutive ↓ خُوَيْلٌ and خُيَيْلٌ: and plural خِيلَانٌ. (JK. [See also article خيل.])

-A5- The [kind of banner called] لِوَاء, of an army or a military force. (S, K. [See also article خيل.])

A kind of soft garment, or cloth, of the fabric of El-Yemen: (JK:) a kind of بُرْد, (S, K,) well known, (K,) having a red [or brown] ground, with black lines or stripes. (TA. [Mentioned also in article خيل.])

-A6- A black stallion-camel. (IAar, K. [See also article خيل.])