قاتل

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See also: قابل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق ت ل (q-t-l)

Pronunciation

Verb

قَاتَلَ (qātala) III, non-past يُقَاتِلُ‎ (yuqātilu)

  1. to combat, to battle, to fight
    الجَيْشُ قَاتَلَ بِشَجَاعَةٍ فِي الْمَعْرَكَةِ.
    al-jayšu qātala bišajāʕatin fī l-maʕrakati.
    The army fought courageously in the battle.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 49:9:
      وَإِن طَائِفَتَانِ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱقْتَتَلُوا فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا فَإِن بَغَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ فَقَاتِلُوا ٱلَّتِي تَبْغِي حَتَّىٰ تَفِيءَ إِلَىٰ أَمْرِ ٱللّٰهِ فَإِنْ فَاءَتْ فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَأَقْسِطُوا إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُقْسِطِينَ
      wa-ʔin ṭāʔifatāni mina l-muʔminīna qtatalū fa-ʔaṣliḥū baynahumā fa-ʔin baḡat ʔiḥdāhumā ʕalā l-ʔuḵrā faqātilū llatī tabḡī ḥattā tafīʔa ʔilā ʔamri llāhi fa-ʔin fāʔat fa-ʔaṣliḥū baynahumā bi-l-ʕadli wa-ʔaqsiṭū ʔinna llāha yuḥibbu l-muqsiṭīna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Root
ق ت ل (q-t-l)

Derived from the active participle of قَتَلَ (qatala, to kill).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qaː.til/
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Noun

قَاتِل (qātilm (plural قَاتِلُونَ (qātilūna) or قَتَلَة (qatala), feminine قَاتِلَة (qātila))

  1. killer, murderer, assassin
Declension

Adjective

قَاتِل (qātil) (feminine قَاتِلَة (qātila), masculine plural قَاتِلُونَ (qātilūna) or قَتَلَة (qatala), feminine plural قَاتِلَات (qātilāt) or قَوَاتِل (qawātil), elative أَقْتَل (ʔaqtal))

  1. killing, murdering
  2. deadly, lethal, mortal, fatal
    Synonym: مُمِيت (mumīt)
    دَسَّ لَهُ السُّمَّ الْقَاتِلَ
    dassa lahu s-summa al-qātila
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Declension
Descendants

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ت ل
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَاتَلَ (qātala).

Pronunciation

Verb

قاتل (gātal) III (non-past يِقْتُل (yigātil))

  1. to combat, to battle, to fight
Conjugation
    Conjugation of قاتل (gātal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قاتلت (gātalt) قاتلت (gātalt) قاتل (gātal) قاتلنا (gātalna) قاتلتوا (gātaltu) قاتلوا (gātalu)
f قاتلتي (gātalti) قاتلت (gātalat)
non-past m أقاتل (ʔagātil) تقاتل (tigātil) يقاتل (yigātil) نقاتل (nigātil) تقاتلوا (tigātlu) يقاتلوا (yigātlu)
f تقاتلي (tigātli) تقاتل (tigātil)
imperative m قاتل (gātil) قاتلوا (gātlu)
f قاتلي (gātli)

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَاتِل (qātil).

Pronunciation

Noun

قاتل (gātilm (plural قَتَلة (gatala) or قاتلين (gātlīn), feminine قاتلة (gātla))

  1. killer, murderer, assassin

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَاتِل (qātil).

Noun

قاتل (katil)

  1. murderer, killer

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Descendants

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَاتِل (qātil).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? qātil
Dari reading? qātil
Iranian reading? ğâtel
Tajik reading? qotil

Noun

Dari قاتل
Iranian Persian
Tajik қотил

قاتل (qâtel) (plural قاتلان (qâtelân) or قاتل‌ها (qâtel-hâ))

  1. killer
  2. murderer

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Urdu

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قاتل (qātil), itself from Arabic قَاتِل (qātil).

Pronunciation

Noun

قاتِل (qātilm (Hindi spelling क़ातिल)

  1. killer, murderer, assassin

Declension

Declension of قاتل
singular plural
direct قاتل (qātil) قاتل (qātil)
oblique قاتل (qātil) قاتلوں (qātilō̃)
vocative قاتل (qātil) قاتلو (qātilō)

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References

  • قاتل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • قاتل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.