English → Arabic
fantasy in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- ḫayāl
- Arabizi
5ayal- Type
- noun · masculine
- Plural
- خَيَالَاتٌ ḫayālāt
- Root
- خ ي ل
How to use it
خَيَال means 'imagination' or 'fantasy'. It is used for both day‑dreaming and the genre of fantasy literature or film. The word is masculine; its plural خَيَالَات refers to multiple fantasies or imaginative works.
Example sentences
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خَيَالُهُ يَأْتِي بِقِصَصٍ غَرِيبَةٍ.
ḫayāluhu yaʾtī bi-qiṣaṣin ġarībatin.
His fantasy produces strange stories.
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أُحِبُّ أَفْلَامَ الخَيَالِ.
uḥibbu aflām al-ḫayāl.
I love fantasy movies.
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تُساعِدُ خَيَالَكَ فِي الإِبْدَاعِ.
tusāʿidu ḫayālak fī al-ibdāʿ.
Your fantasy helps in creativity.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
** Fantasy.
** الخيال.
This is a fantasy.
إنه في الحقيقة وهم كبير.
Science is not fantasy.
لَيسَ العِلْمُ خَيالاً.
The Vision and the Fantasy
الرؤية والوهم
Layla created a fantasy world.
اخترعت ليلى عالما خياليّا.
Fantasy comes from the ghosts.
الخيال يأتي من الأشباح.
Not every fantasy is a vision.
فليس كل خيال رؤية.
He lives in a world of fantasy.
يعيش في عالم من الخيال.
So they are taking refuge in fantasy.
وعلى هذا فقد اختار الساسة الاستغراق في الوهم والخيال.
East Asia’s Nationalist Fantasy Islands
جُزُر الوهم القومية في شرق آسيا
Sami enjoyed living out a fantasy life.
تمتّع سامي بعيش حياة خياليّة.
The Perilous Fantasy of Energy Independence
الوهم المحفوف بالمخاطر فيما يتصل باستقلال الطاقة
Questions and answers
Can خيال be used as a verb?
No, the verb form is يَخْيَل (to imagine), not خيال itself.
Is خيال always positive?
Not necessarily; it can refer to unrealistic or misleading ideas.
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