رأس مال

Arabic

Alternative forms

• رَأْسْمَال (raʔsmāl), رَسْمَال (rasmāl), رِسْمَال (rismāl)

Etymology

From رَأْسْ (raʔs, “head”) +‎ مَال (māl, “money”), probably as a calque of Latin capitāle, from caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raʔs maːl/

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Noun

رَأْس مَال • (raʔs māl) m (plural رُؤُوس أَمْوَال (ruʔūs ʔamwāl))

1. (money) capital
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:279:

     فَإِن لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا فَأْذَنُوا بِحَرْبٍ مِنَ ٱللّٰهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَإِنْ تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُءُوسُ أَمْوَالِكُمْ لَا تَظْلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ

     fa-ʔin lam tafʕalū fa-ʔḏanū bi-ḥarbin mina llāhī wa-rasūlihī wa-ʔin tubtum fa-la-kum ruʔūsu ʔamwāli-kum lā taẓlimūna wa-lā tuẓlamūna

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Declension

Derived terms

• رَسْمَلَ (rasmala, “to capitalize”)
  • رَسْمَلَة (rasmala, “capitalization”)
• رَأْسْمَالِيَّة (raʔsmāliyya, “capitalism”)
• رَأْسْمَالِي m (raʔsmālī), رَأْسْمَالِيَّة f (raʔsmāliyya, “capitalist”)