سؤال

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See also: سوال and شوال

Arabic

Etymology 1

    Verbal noun of سَأَلَ (saʔala, to ask a question), from the root س ء ل (s-ʔ-l).

    Compare Hebrew שאלה (sh'elá).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /su.ʔaːl/
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    سُؤَال (suʔālm (plural أَسْئِلَة (ʔasʔila) or سُؤَالَات (suʔālāt))

    1. verbal noun of سَأَلَ (saʔala) (form I)
    2. question
      عِنْدِي سُؤَال.
      ʕindī suʔāl.
      I have a question.
    3. request
      • (Can we date this quote?), التفسير الميسر:
        وعبر بالمضارع في قوله ‹ يَسْأَلُكَ › لقصد استحضار حالتهم العجيبة في هذا السؤال، حتى لكأن السامع يراهم، وللدلالة على تكرار أسئلتهم وتجددها المرة تلو الأخرى بدون حياء أو خجل
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    Declension
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    سُؤَّال (suʔʔālm pl

    1. plural of سَائِل (sāʔil)

    References

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

    Hijazi Arabic

    Root
    س ء ل
    2 terms

    Etymology

    From Arabic سُؤَال (suʔāl).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    سؤال (suʔālm (plural أَسْئلة (ʔasʔila))

    1. question

    Ottoman Turkish

    Noun

    سؤال (su'al)

    1. Alternative form of سوال (sual, question)

    Persian

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic سُؤَال (suʔāl), from سَأَلَ (saʔala).

      Pronunciation

      Readings
      Classical reading? su'āl
      Dari reading? so'āl
      Iranian reading? so'âl
      Tajik reading? savol, suʾol

      Noun

      Dari سؤال
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik суол

      سؤال (so'âl) (plural سؤالات (so'âlât) or سؤال‌ها (so'âl-hâ))

      1. question
        Synonym: پُرْسِش (porseš)
        Antonyms: جَوَاب (javâb), پاسُخ (pâsox)

      Alternative forms

      Derived terms

      Descendants