شغل

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See also: شعل, سعل, and ش غ ل

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ش غ ل (š ḡ l)
14 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

شَغَلَ (šaḡala) I (non-past يَشْغَلُ (yašḡalu), verbal noun شَغْل (šaḡl) or شُغْل (šuḡl))

  1. to occupy, to keep busy
  2. to preoccupy, to trouble (someone)
  3. to distract, to divert
  4. to occupy, to hold (a position, an office)
  5. to take up, to occupy (space)
  6. to engage (one's attention, enemy forces, etc.)
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Verb

شُغِلَ (šuḡila) I (passive-only, non-past يُشْغَلُ (yušḡalu), verbal noun شَغْل (šaḡl) or شُغْل (šuḡl))

  1. to occupy oneself, to be busy
  2. to be occupied (of an area)
  3. to be distracted
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Pronunciation

Verb

شَغَّلَ (šaḡḡala) II (non-past يُشَغِّلُ (yušaḡḡilu), verbal noun تَشْغِيل (tašḡīl))

  1. to occupy, to busy, to engage (someone)
  2. to employ, to put to work (someone)
  3. to operate, to run, to start (a machine)
    أَحْتَاجُ أَنْ أُشَغِّلَ جِهَازَ الْكَمْبْيُوتَرِʔaḥtāju ʔan ʔušaḡḡila jihāza l-kambyūtariI need to start my computer
  4. to operate, to run, to keep in service, to maintain (a machine, a public utility, etc.)
  5. to produce, to manufacture, to fabricate
  6. to invest
Conjugation

Etymology 1.4

Pronunciation

Noun

شُغْل (šuḡlm (plural أَشْغَال (ʔašḡāl) or شُغُول (šuḡūl))

  1. verbal noun of شَغَلَ (šaḡala) (form I)
  2. occupancy, filling, taking up
  3. detention, prevention, distraction
  4. occupation, activity
  5. work, job, business, concern
  6. (physics) work
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: xogħol
  • Azerbaijani: şüğl
  • Classical Syriac: ܫܘܓܠܐ
  • Ottoman Turkish: شغل (şuğl)
  • Persian: شغل (šoğl)
  • Swahili: shughuli

Etymology 1.5

Pronunciation

Noun

شَغْل (šaḡlm

  1. verbal noun of شَغَلَ (šaḡala) (form I)
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “شغل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 432
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “شغل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1567
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “شغل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 556

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic شُغْل (šuḡl).

Pronunciation

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Noun

شغل (šuḡlm

  1. work, occupation

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic شُغْل (šuḡl).

Pronunciation

Noun

شغل (šiḡlm

  1. work, occupation
  2. business, concern, matter
    موب شغلك
    mūb shiḡlik
    (It's) none of your business

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ش غ ل
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic شَغَّلَ (šaḡḡala).

Pronunciation

Verb

شغّل (šaḡḡal) II (non-past يِشغِّل (yišaḡḡil))

  1. to turn on (a device)
    Antonym: طفّى (ṭaffa)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of شغل (šaḡḡal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m شغلت (šaḡḡalt) شغلت (šaḡḡalt) شغل (šaḡḡal) شغلنا (šaḡḡalna) شغلتوا (šaḡḡaltu) شغلوا (šaḡḡalu)
f شغلتي (šaḡḡalti) شغلت (šaḡḡalat)
non-past m أشغل (ʔašaḡḡil) تشغل (tišaḡḡil) يشغل (yišaḡḡil) نشغل (nišaḡḡil) تشغلوا (tišaḡḡilu) يشغلوا (yišaḡḡilu)
f تشغلي (tišaḡḡili) تشغل (tišaḡḡil)
imperative m شغل (šaḡḡil) شغلوا (šaḡḡilu)
f شغلي (šaḡḡili)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شُغْل (šuḡl).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? šuğl
Dari reading? šuğl
Iranian reading? šoğl
Tajik reading? šuġl
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Noun

Dari شغل
Iranian Persian
Tajik шуғл

شُغل (šoğl) (plural شُغل‌ها (šoğl-hâ) or اَشغال (ašğâl))

  1. job, work, employment, occupation
    Synonym: کار (kâr)
    شغل شما چیست؟ (more literary)šoğl-e šomâ či-st?What work do you do?
    شغلتون چیه؟ (more colloquial)šoğl-etun chi-ye?What work do you do?
  2. pastime, amusement

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش غ ل
7 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic شَغَلَ (šaḡala).

Pronunciation

Verb

شغل (šaḡal) I (present بشغل (bišḡel), passive participle مشغول (mašḡūl))

  1. to occupy, to keep busy
Conjugation
    Conjugation of شغل (šaḡal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m شغلت (šaḡalt) شغلت (šaḡalt) شغل (šaḡal) شغلنا (šaḡalna) شغلتو (šaḡaltu) شغلو (šaḡalu)
f شغلتي (šaḡalti) شغلت (šaḡlat)
present m بشغل (bašḡil) بتشغل (btišḡil) بشغل (bišḡil) منشغل (mnišḡil) بتشغلو (btišḡilu) بشغلو (bišḡilu)
f بتشغلي (btišḡili) بتشغل (btišḡil)
subjunctive m أشغل (ʔašḡil) تشغل (tišḡil) يشغل (yišḡil) نشغل (nišḡil) تشغلو (tišḡilu) يشغلو (yišḡilu)
f تشغلي (tišḡili) تشغل (tišḡil)
imperative m اشغل (išḡil) اشغلو (išḡilu)
f اشغلي (išḡili)

Etymology 2

From Arabic شَغَّلَ (šaḡḡala).

Pronunciation

Verb

شغّل (šaḡḡal) II (present بشغّل (bišaḡḡel))

  1. (transitive) to operate (machinery), to turn on (a device)
    Synonym: ضوى (ḍawa)
    Antonym: طفى (ṭafa)
  2. to employ
    Synonym: وظّف (waẓẓaf)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of شغّل (šaḡḡal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m شغّلت (šaḡḡalt) شغّلت (šaḡḡalt) شغّل (šaḡḡal) شغّلنا (šaḡḡalna) شغّلتو (šaḡḡaltu) شغّلو (šaḡḡalu)
f شغّلتي (šaḡḡalti) شغّلت (šaḡḡalat)
present m بشغّل (bašaḡḡel) بتشغّل (bitšaḡḡel) بشغّل (bišaḡḡel) منشغّل (minšaḡḡel) بتشغّلو (bitšaḡḡlu) بشغّلو (bišaḡḡlu)
f بتشغّلي (bitšaḡḡli) بتشغّل (bitšaḡḡel)
subjunctive m اشغّل (ašaḡḡel) تشغّل (tšaḡḡel) يشغّل (yšaḡḡel) نشغّل (nšaḡḡel) تشغّلو (tšaḡḡlu) يشغّلو (yšaḡḡlu)
f تشغّلي (tšaḡḡli) تشغّل (tšaḡḡel)
imperative m شغّل (šaḡḡel) شغّلو (šaḡḡlu)
f شغّلي (šaḡḡli)

Etymology 3

From Arabic شُغْل (šuḡl).

Pronunciation

Noun

شغل (šuḡlm (plural أشغال (ʔašḡāl))

  1. work, labour, occupation
  2. business, concern, matter

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شغل (šuğl), from Arabic شُغْل (šuḡl).

Noun

شغل (śuġlm

  1. job
  2. work
  3. occupation
  4. business
  5. labor