لعل

Univerbation of لَـ (la-, “truly, indeed, verily”) and عَلَّ (ʕalla).

• IPA^(key): /la.ʕal.la/

لَعَلَّ • (laʕalla)

1. hopefully
2. in order, so that
   • 7th century CE, The Quran‎:

     ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَاكُم مِن بَعْدِ مَوْتِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

     ṯumma baʕaṯnākum min baʕdi mawtikum laʕallakum taškurūna

     But We raised you again after you had been as dead, so that you might have cause to be grateful.

3. perhaps, maybe

• لَعَلَّ (laʕalla) functions like إِنَّ (ʔinna) and أَنَّ (ʔanna), shifting the subject of the clause to the accusative case. The subject of the clause must immediately follow لَعَلَّ (laʕalla); if it is a pronoun, it must be expressed.
• Unlike لِ (li), لِكَي (likay), and حَتَّى (ḥattā), لَعَلَّ (laʕalla) places its subordinate verb in the indicative mood, even when used to mean "in order," "so that."

• عَلَّ (ʕalla), لَعَاءَ (laʕāʔa)

• (ʾinna and her sisters) إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا (ʔinna waʔaḵawātuhā); إِنَّ (ʔinna), أَنَّ (ʔanna), لٰكِنَّ (lākinna), كَأَنَّ (kaʔanna), لَعَلَّ (laʕalla), لَيْتَ (layta), ^{(Category: Sisters of ʾinna)}

From Persian لال (lâl)

• IPA^(key): /laʕl/

لَعْل • (laʕl) m

1. a red gemstone, cornelian, garnet, spinel, tourmaline

• لَعْلِيّ (laʕliyy)

• → Azerbaijani: ləl
• → Persian: لعل (la'l)
• → Uzbek: laʼl

Borrowed from Arabic لَعْل (laʕl), from Persian لال (lâl).

لعل • (la'l)

1. red gemstone; ruby, spinel, garnet

   Synonym: یاقوت (yâqut)

2. (poetic, figurative) the beautiful lips of the beloved
3. (poetic, figurative) red wine