مقتل

Verbal noun and noun of place from the root ق ت ل (q-t-l): see قَتَلَ (qatala, “to kill”).

مَقْتَل • (maqtal) m (plural مَقَاتِلُ (maqātilu))

1. verbal noun of قَتَلَ (qatala): murder, killing
2. noun of place of قَتَلَ (qatala): place of killing
3. noun of time of قَتَلَ (qatala): time of killing

• → Bengali: মকতুল (moktul, “killing”)
• → Urdu: مقتل (maqtal, “execution chamber”)

مُقَتِّل • (muqattil) (feminine مُقَتِّلَة (muqattila), masculine plural مُقَتِّلُونَ (muqattilūna), feminine plural مُقَتِّلَات (muqattilāt))

1. active participle of قَتَّلَ (qattala)

مُقَتَّل • (muqattal) (feminine مُقَتَّلَة (muqattala), masculine plural مُقَتَّلُونَ (muqattalūna), feminine plural مُقَتَّلَات (muqattalāt))

1. passive participle of قَتَّلَ (qattala)

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قتل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَقْتَل (maqtal), itself from Arabic مَقْتَل (maqtal). First attested as Middle Hindi مَقْتَل (maqtal) in 1503 A.D.

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /məq.t̪əl/
• Rhymes: -əl
• Hyphenation: مَق‧تَل

مَقْتَل • (maqtal) m (formal plural مَقاتِل (maqātil), Hindi spelling मक़्तल)

1. execution, death chamber
2. alter
3. the part of the body which causes death, if hurt or damaged

• “مقتل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مقتل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مقتل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.