مجلس

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Arabic

Root
ج ل س (j-l-s)

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb جَلَسَ (jalasa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mad͡ʒ.lis/
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Noun

مَجْلِس • (majlis) m (plural مَجالِس (majālis))

  1. seat
    Synonym: مَقْعَد (maqʕad)
  2. place of meeting; seat of an assembling body; conference room; court; tribunal
  3. (figurative) session, sitting, meeting, party
  4. (figurative) council, college, collegium, board, committee, commission
  5. (Shia Islam) husainiya
    Synonyms: حُسَيْنِيَّة (ḥusayniyya), (dialectal) مَأْتَم (maʔtam)

Declension

Declension of noun مَجْلِس (majlis)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَجْلِس
majlis 		الْمَجْلِس
al-majlis 		مَجْلِس
majlis
Nominative مَجْلِسٌ
majlisun 		الْمَجْلِسُ
al-majlisu 		مَجْلِسُ
majlisu
Accusative مَجْلِسًا
majlisan 		الْمَجْلِسَ
al-majlisa 		مَجْلِسَ
majlisa
Genitive مَجْلِسٍ
majlisin 		الْمَجْلِسِ
al-majlisi 		مَجْلِسِ
majlisi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَجْلِسَيْن
majlisayn 		الْمَجْلِسَيْن
al-majlisayn 		مَجْلِسَيْ
majlisay
Nominative مَجْلِسَانِ
majlisāni 		الْمَجْلِسَانِ
al-majlisāni 		مَجْلِسَا
majlisā
Accusative مَجْلِسَيْنِ
majlisayni 		الْمَجْلِسَيْنِ
al-majlisayni 		مَجْلِسَيْ
majlisay
Genitive مَجْلِسَيْنِ
majlisayni 		الْمَجْلِسَيْنِ
al-majlisayni 		مَجْلِسَيْ
majlisay
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَجالِس
majālis 		الْمَجالِس
al-majālis 		مَجالِس
majālis
Nominative مَجالِسُ
majālisu 		الْمَجالِسُ
al-majālisu 		مَجالِسُ
majālisu
Accusative مَجالِسَ
majālisa 		الْمَجالِسَ
al-majālisa 		مَجالِسَ
majālisa
Genitive مَجالِسَ
majālisa 		الْمَجالِسِ
al-majālisi 		مَجالِسِ
majālisi

Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَجْلِس (majlis, “seat; meeting, session”), noun of place from جَلَسَ (jalasa, “to sit”).

Noun

مجلس • (meclis) (definite accusative مجلسی (meclisi), plural مجالس (mecâlis))

  1. seat, something to be sat upon, especially a place in which a person or a group of people can sit
    Synonym: اوتوراق (oturak)
  2. convocation, assembly, meeting, reunion, any gathering of persons for a specific purpose
    Synonyms: اجتماع (ictimaʼ), انجمن (encümen), جمعیت (cemʼiyet), درنك (dernek)
  3. council, board, a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions
  4. session, a period devoted to a particular activity, especially in reference to councils and courts
  5. court of law, a court presided over by a judge who is empowered to decide all aspects of legal disputes
    Synonym: عدلیه (ʼadliye)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَجْلِس (majlis).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? majlis
Dari reading? majlis
Iranian reading? majles
Tajik reading? majlis

Noun

Dari مجلس
Iranian Persian
Tajik маҷлис

مَجْلِس • (majles) (plural مجالس)

  1. parliament
  2. assembly
  3. Majlis

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