عمل

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ع م ل (ʕ-m-l)

The grammatical “government” meaning is a semantic loan from Medieval Latin vīs. Compare Hebrew עָמָל (`Amal, work, deed).

Pronunciation

Verb

عَمِلَ (ʕamila) I, non-past يَعْمَلُ‎ (yaʕmalu)

  1. to work, perform
    هُوَ يَعْمَلُ فِي مَجَالِ التَكْنُولُوجِيَا.
    huwa yaʕmalu fī majāli t-taknūlūjiyā.
    He works in the field of technology.
    أَنَا أَعْمَلُ كَمُدَرِسٍ فِي الْمَدْرَسَةِ.
    ʔanā ʔaʕmalu kamudarisin fī l-madrasati.
    I work as a teacher at the school.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:79:
      أَمَّا السَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الْبَحْرِ
      ʔammā s-safīnatu fakānat limasākīna yaʕmalūna fī l-baḥri
      As for the ship, it belonged to some poor people, working at sea.
  2. to do (with deliberate thought)
  3. to practice, profess
  4. to produce an effect
  5. to be brisk, walk fast
  6. to exercise an influence
  7. (grammar) to govern a case
  8. to take pains (عَلَى (ʕalā) with)
  9. to work to an end
  10. to take care of
  11. to last without interruption
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Root
ع م ل (ʕ-m-l)

Pronunciation

Verb

عَمَّلَ (ʕammala) II, non-past يُعَمِّلُ‎ (yuʕammilu)

  1. to pay (someone) their fee or wages
  2. to make (someone) an administrator or governor
  3. to suppurate, grow cancerous
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.mal/
  • (file)

Noun

عَمَل (ʕamalm (plural أَعْمَال (ʔaʕmāl))

  1. verbal noun of عَمِلَ (ʕamila) (form I)
  2. work, action, deed
    الْعَمَلُ الْجَمَاعِيُّ يُمْكِنُ أَن يَكُونَ مُفِيدًا فِي إِنْجَازِ الْمُشَارِيعِ الْكَبِيرَةِ.
    al-ʕamalu l-jamāʕiyyu yumkinu ʔan yakūna mufīdan fī ʔinjāzi l-mušārīʕi l-kabīrati.
    Collaborative work can be beneficial in completing large projects.
  3. (grammar) government
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: əməl
  • Bashkir: ғәмәл (ğəməl)
  • Ottoman Turkish: عمل
  • Persian: عمل ('amal)
  • Swahili: amali

References

  • Praetorius, Franz (1909) “Die grammatische Rektion bei den Arabern”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 63, pages 495–503
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عمل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “عمل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ع م ل
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic عَمِلَ (ʕamila).

Pronunciation

Verb

عمل (ʕamal) I (non-past يعمل (yiʕmil))

  1. to do

Conjugation

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Root
ع م ل
1 term

From Arabic عَمِلَ (ʕamila).

Pronunciation

Verb

عمل (ʕmal) I (non-past يعمل (yiʕmal))

  1. to do
    Synonym: دار (dār)

Conjugation

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North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عَمِلَ (ʕamila).

Verb

عمل (ʕimil) I (non-past يعمل (yiʕmil, yaʕmil, yaʕmul))

  1. to do
    شو عم تعمل؟
    šu ʕam taʕmul?
    What are you doing?

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَمَل (ʕamal).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? amal
Dari reading? amal
Iranian reading? amal
Tajik reading? amal

Noun

Dari عمل
Iranian Persian
Tajik амал

عمل ('amal) (plural اعمال (a'mâl) or عمل‌ها ('amal-hâ))

  1. action
    Synonym: کار (kâr)
  2. deed
  3. operation
    Synonym: عملیات ('amaliyât)

Inflection

    Enclitic-attached forms of عمل ('amal) (Iranian Persian)
    Basic forms of عمل ('amal)
singular plural
bare عمل
('amal)
عمل‌ها
('amal-hấ)
عملا
('amalấ)
definitive direct object عمل را
('amal râ)
عمل رو
('amalo)
عمل‌ها را
('amal-hấ râ)
عملا رو
('amalấ ro)
ezâfe عمل
('amal-e)
عمل‌های
('amal-hấ-ye)
عملای
('amalấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
عملی
('amal-i)
عمل‌هایی
('amalấn-i, 'amal-hấ-i)
عملایی
('amalấi)
Colloquial.
    Possessive forms of عمل ('amal)
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”)
عملم
('amalam)
عمل‌هایم
('amal-hấyam)
عمل‌هام، عملام
('amalấm)
2nd person singular
(“your”)
عملت
('amalat)

('amalet)
عمل‌هایت
('amal-hấyat)
عمل‌هات، عملات
('amalất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”)
عملش
('amalaš)

('amaleš)
عمل‌هایش
('amal-hấyaš)
عمل‌هاش، عملاش
('amalấš)
1st plural
(“our”)
عملمان
('amalemân)
عملمون
('amalemun)
عمل‌هایمان
('amal-hấyemân)
عمل‌هامون، عملامون
('amalấmun)
2nd plural
(“your”)
عملتان
('amaletân)
عملتون
('amaletun)
عمل‌هایتان
('amal-hấyetân)
عمل‌هاتون، عملاتون
('amalấtun)
3rd plural
(“their”)
عملشان
('amalešân)
عملشون
('amalešun)
عمل‌هایشان
('amal-hấyešân)
عمل‌هاشون، عملاشون
('amalấšun)
Colloquial.

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع م ل
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic عَمِلَ (ʕamila).

Pronunciation

Verb

عمل (ʕimil) I (present بعمل (biʕmil), active participle عامل (ʕāmel))

  1. to do
    Synonym: سوّى (sawwa)
    شو بتحبّ نعمل؟
    šu bitḥebb niʕmil?
    What would you like for us to do?
    يلّا تعالي، شو بتعملي؟
    yalla taʕāli, šu btiʕmili?
    Come on, what are you doing?
  2. to make, to prepare
    Synonym: سوّى (sawwa)
    عملتلي دور.
    ʕimlatli dōr.
    She made an appointment for me.
    رح أعملكم أشياء زاكية.
    raḥ ʔaʕmilkom ʔašyāʔ zākye.
    I'm going to prepare some sweets for you.
  3. (reflexive) to act (a certain way), to pretend
    عمل حاله نايم.
    ʕimil ḥālo nāyem.
    He acted like he was asleep.

Usage notes

Conjugation

    Conjugation of عمل (ʕimil)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عملت (ʕmilt) عملت (ʕmilt) عمل (ʕimil) عملنا (ʕmilna) عملتو (ʕmiltu) عملو (ʕimlu)
f عملتي (ʕmilti) عملت (ʕimlat)
present m بعمل (baʕmil) بتعمل (btiʕmil) بعمل (biʕmil) منعمل (mniʕmil) بتعملو (btiʕmilu) بعملو (biʕmilu)
f بتعملي (btiʕmili) بتعمل (btiʕmil)
subjunctive m أعمل (ʔaʕmil) تعمل (tiʕmil) يعمل (yiʕmil) نعمل (niʕmil) تعملو (tiʕmilu) يعملو (yiʕmilu)
f تعملي (tiʕmili) تعمل (tiʕmil)
imperative m اعمل (iʕmil) اعملو (iʕmilu)
f اعملي (iʕmili)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عمل ('amal), from Arabic عَمَل (ʕamal).

Pronunciation

Noun

عمل ('amalm (Hindi spelling अमल)

  1. action, deed
  2. process
  3. effect