معول

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Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from the root ع و ل (ʕ-w-l).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miʕ.wal/
  • (file)

Noun

مِعْوَل (miʕwalm (plural مَعَاوِل (maʕāwil))

  1. pickaxe, mattock used to undermine

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “معول”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 245b
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “معول”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 897