مشغول

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Arabic

Root
ش غ ل (š ḡ l)
14 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of شَغَلَ (šaḡala, to occupy, to keep busy).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَشْغُول (mašḡūl) (feminine مَشْغُولَة (mašḡūla), masculine plural مَشْغُولُونَ (mašḡūlūna), feminine plural مَشْغُولَات (mašḡūlāt))

  1. busy
  2. distracted
  3. occupied (telephone line, seat, etc.)

Declension

Descendants

Azerbaijani

Adjective

مشغول

  1. Arabic spelling of məşğul

Egyptian Arabic

Adjective

مشغول (mašḡūl) (feminine مشغولة)

  1. busy, occupied

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَشْغُول (mašḡūl).

Adjective

مشغول (meşgul)

  1. busy; occupied; preoccupied

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَشْغُول (mašḡūl).

Adjective

مشغول (mašǧúl)

  1. busy

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَشْغُول (mašḡūl).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mašğūl
Dari reading? mašğūl
Iranian reading? mašğul
Tajik reading? mašġul

Adjective

Dari مشغول
Iranian Persian
Tajik машғул

مَشغول (mašğul)

  1. busy, occupied (in doing something, etc.)
    پسر الان مشغول خواندن است. (more literary)
    pesar alân mašgul-e xândan ast.
    The boy is busy reading now.
    پسر الان مشغول خوندنه. (more colloquial)
    pesar alân mašgul-e xundan-e.
    The boy is busy reading now.
  2. occupied

Derived terms

compound verbs
other

Descendants

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مشغول (mašğūl), from Arabic مَشْغُول (mašḡūl).

Adjective

مَشْغُول (maśġūl) (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਸ਼ਗ਼ੂਲ)

  1. busy

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مشغُول”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مشغول (mašğūl), from Arabic مَشْغُول (mašḡūl).

Adjective

مَشْغوُلُ (maśġūlu)

  1. busy

Further reading

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “مَشْغوُلُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • مشغول”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 18661938

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش غ ل
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَشْغُول (mašḡūl). Equivalent to the passive participle of شغل (šaḡal, to occupy, keep busy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʃ.ɣuːl/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Adjective

مشغول (mašḡūl) (feminine مشغولة (mašḡūle), common plural مشغولين (mašḡūlīn))

  1. busy, occupied
    Synonym: شغال (šaḡḡāl)
    Antonym: فاضي (fāḍi)

Urdu

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مشغول (mašğul), from Arabic مَشْغُول (mašḡūl). Compare Sindhi مَشْغوُل / मश्ग़ूल, Gujarati મશગૂલ (maśgūl), Bengali মশগুল (mośgul)

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَشْغُول (maśġūl) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मशग़ूल)

  1. occupied, engaged, busy
    Synonym: مصروف (masrūf)

References

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