معلول

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Arabic

Root
ع ل ل (ʕ l l)
14 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb عَلَّ (ʕalla, to become ill).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَعْلُول (maʕlūl) (feminine مَعْلُولَة (maʕlūla), masculine plural مَعْلُولُونَ (maʕlūlūna), feminine plural مَعْلُولَات (maʕlūlāt))

  1. passive participle of عَلَّ (ʕalla)
    1. sick, ill, diseased
    2. disabled, crippled, injured
    3. defective

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: məlul
  • Persian: معلول
  • Ottoman Turkish: معلول (malûl)
  • Uzbek: malul

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْلُول (maʕlūl).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? ma'lūl
Dari reading? ma'lūl
Iranian reading? ma'lul
Tajik reading? maʾlul

Adjective

معلول (ma'lul)

  1. disabled; crippled (especially physical)
    Synonym: ناتوان (nâtavân)
    • c. 1080, “Qaṣīda 104”, in دیوان ناصرخسرو:
      بینا و قوی چون زید و آن دگری باز
      مکفوف همی زاید و معلول ز مادر؟
      bēnā u qawī čūn ziyad u ān digarē bāz
      makfūf hamē zāyad u ma'lūl zi mādar?
      Why does one person live seeing and strong, while another one
      Always lives blind and crippled from his mother?
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

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