بطالة

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Arabic

Etymology

Morphologically from the root ب ط ل (b-ṭ-l).

Pronunciation

Noun

بِطَالَة or بَطَالَة (biṭāla or baṭālaf

  1. idleness
  2. unemployment
    اِنْخَفَضَتْ نِسْبَةُ ٱلْبِطَالَةِ فِي ٱلسَّنَوَاتِ ٱلْأَخِيرَةِ.
    inḵafaḍat nisbatu l-biṭālati fī s-sanawāti l-ʔaḵīrati.
    The unemployment rate has decreased in recent years.

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “بطل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN