عامل

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ع م ل (ʕ-m-l)

Compare عَمِلَ (ʕamila, to do, to work).

Pronunciation

Verb

عَامَلَ (ʕāmala) III, non-past يُعَامِلُ‎ (yuʕāmilu)

  1. (transitive) to do business with
  2. to act in common with
  3. (transitive) to treat (in such and such a way)
    • a. 1932, Ahmad Shawqi, “مُتَفَرِّقَات [mutafarriqāt, Miscellany]”, in الشوقيات (PDF), Windsor, United Kingdom: Hindawi Foundation, published 2012, →ISBN, page 772:
      عَامِلِ الْكُلَّ بِإِحْسَانٍ تُحَبْ / فَقَدِيمًا جَمَّلَ الْمَرْءَ الْأَدَبْ
      ʕāmili al-kulla biʔiḥsānin tuḥab / faqadīman jammala l-marʔa l-ʔadab
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
References

Etymology 2

Root
ع م ل (ʕ-m-l)

Derived from the active participle of عَمِلَ (ʕamila, to do, to act, to work).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕaː.mil/
  • (file)

Adjective

عَامِل (ʕāmil)

  1. active, effective
Declension

Noun

عَامِل (ʕāmilm (plural عَوَامِل (ʕawāmil))

  1. factor, constituent, element, causative agent
  2. (mathematics) factor (e.g. 6 is a factor of 24)
    اَلْعَامِل الْمُشْتَرَك الْأَكْبَر
    al-ʕāmil al-muštarak al-ʔakbar
    The highest common factor
  3. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) motive power
  4. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (grammar) word that governs another word
Declension

Noun

عَامِل (ʕāmilm (plural عَامِلُونَ (ʕāmilūna) or عُمَّال (ʕummāl) or عَمَلَة (ʕamala), feminine عَامِلَة (ʕāmila))

  1. worker, workman, laborer
  2. wage earner, employee
  3. maker, producer, manufacturer
  4. perpetrator, doer, author
  5. governor, lieutenant, vicegerent
  6. administrative officer, prefect, district president
Declension
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: عامل (amil, governor, administrator; active)
    • Turkish: Amil (male given name), Amile (female given name)

References

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

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عَامِل (ʕāmil).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? āmil
Dari reading? āmil
Iranian reading? âmel
Tajik reading? omil

Noun

عامل ('âmel) (plural عوامل ('avâmel))

  1. factor
  2. agent

Related terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع م ل
6 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَامَلَ (ʕāmala).

Pronunciation

Verb

عامل (ʕāmal) III (present بعامل (biʕāmel))

  1. to behave towards, to treat (someone in a certain way)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of عامل (ʕāmal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عاملت (ʕāmalt) عاملت (ʕāmalt) عامل (ʕāmal) عاملنا (ʕāmalna) عاملتو (ʕāmaltu) عاملو (ʕāmalu)
f عاملتي (ʕāmalti) عاملت (ʕāmalat)
present m بعامل (baʕāmel) بتعامل (bitʕāmel) بعامل (biʕāmel) منعامل (minʕāmel) بتعاملو (bitʕāmlu) بعاملو (biʕāmlu)
f بتعاملي (bitʕāmli) بتعامل (bitʕāmel)
subjunctive m اعامل (aʕāmel) تعامل (tʕāmel) يعامل (yʕāmel) نعامل (nʕāmel) تعاملو (tʕāmlu) يعاملو (yʕāmlu)
f تعاملي (tʕāmli) تعامل (tʕāmel)
imperative m عامل (ʕāmel) عاملو (ʕāmlu)
f عاملي (ʕāmli)

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَامِل (ʕāmil).

Pronunciation

Participle

عامل (ʕāmel) (feminine عاملة (ʕāmle), common plural عاملين (ʕāmlīn))

  1. active participle of عمل (ʕimil, to do)

Noun

عامل (ʕāmelm (plural عمّال (ʕummāl), feminine عاملة (ʕāmle))

  1. worker, labourer
    Synonym: شغّيل (šaḡḡīl)