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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic أَمَل (ʔamal)
Noun
امل • (emel)
- hope
- desire (feeling of desiring)
- goal, desire (someone or something wished for)
Descendants
References
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “emel”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “امل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 147b
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَمَل (ʔamal).
Pronunciation
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amal
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amal
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امل • (amal) (plural آمال (âmâl))
- (literary) hope
- Synonym: امید (omid)
Punjabi
Pronunciation
Noun
اَمَل • (amal) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਅਮਲ)
- addiction, habit
- Synonym: نَشَہ (naśah)
امَل اِکّ روگ اے۔- Addiction is a disease.
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian امل (amal), from Arabic أَمَل (ʔamal).
Pronunciation
Noun
اَمَل • (amal) m (formal plural آمال (āmāl), Hindi spelling अमल)
- hope, expectation
- Synonym: توقع (tavaqqo')
References
- “امل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “امل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.