معمول

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Arabic

Root
ع م ل (ʕ m l)
19 terms

Etymology

    Derived from the passive participle of the verb عَمِلَ (ʕamila).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    مَعْمُول (maʕmūl) (feminine مَعْمُولَة (maʕmūla), masculine plural مَعْمُولُونَ (maʕmūlūna), feminine plural مَعْمُولَات (maʕmūlāt))

    1. passive participle of عَمِلَ (ʕamila)

    Declension

    Noun

    مَعْمُول (maʕmūlm

    1. (grammar) a word whose grammatical state is governed by another word

    Declension

    Descendants

    • Azerbaijani: məmul
    • Ottoman Turkish: معمول (mamûl)
    • Persian: معمول (ma'mul)
    • Urdu: معمول (maʻmūl, vulg. māmūl)

    Persian

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic مَعْمُول (maʕmūl).

      Pronunciation

      Readings
      Classical reading? ma'mūl
      Dari reading? ma'mūl
      Iranian reading? ma'mul
      Tajik reading? maʾmul

      Adjective

      Dari معمول
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik маъмул

      معمول (ma'mul)

      1. normal
      2. usual

      Urdu

      Etymology

        Borrowed from Classical Persian مَعْمُول (ma'mūl), borrowed from Arabic مَعْمُول (maʕmūl), from عَمِلَ (ʕamila).

        Pronunciation

        Adjective

        مَعْمُول (maʻmūl, vulg. māmūl) (Hindi spelling मामूल)

        1. made, prepared; acted upon; (grammar) governed
        2. established, customary, wonted, usual

        Noun

        مَعْمُول (maʻmūl, vulg. māmūlm (Hindi spelling मामूल)

        1. action, operation
        2. usage, established custom, practice; habit
        3. fixed allowance or gratuity

        Further reading

        • معمول”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
        • Platts, John T. (1884) “معمول”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.