موصل

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Arabic

Root
و ص ل (w ṣ l)
22 terms

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of وَصَّلَ (waṣṣala, to conduct).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مُوَصِّل (muwaṣṣil) (feminine مُوَصِّلَة (muwaṣṣila), masculine plural مُوَصِّلُونَ (muwaṣṣilūna), feminine plural مُوَصِّلَات (muwaṣṣilāt))

  1. connective
  2. delivering
  3. transmitting, transmissive
  4. conductant, conductive
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: müvəssil
  • Ottoman Turkish: موصل (muvassıl)

Noun

مُوَصِّل (muwaṣṣilm (plural مُوَصِّلَات (muwaṣṣilāt))

  1. (physics) conductor, conductant (electricity, heat, sound, etc)
  2. (physiology) transmitter
Declension

Etymology 2

Derived from the passive participle of وَصَّلَ (waṣṣala, to conduct).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مُوَصَّل (muwaṣṣal) (feminine مُوَصَّلَة (muwaṣṣala), masculine plural مُوَصَّلُونَ (muwaṣṣalūna), feminine plural مُوَصَّلَات (muwaṣṣalāt))

  1. connected, plugged, attached (joined to another thing)
  2. transmitted
Declension
Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْمَوْصِل (al-mawṣil).

Proper noun

موصل (Mevsıl, vulg. Musul or Mosul)

  1. Mosul (the capital city of the Nineveh governorate, Iraq)
  2. (historical) Mosul (an eyalet in the Ottoman Empire)

Descendants

References

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “موصل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2031
  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Musul”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎, 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 566