شغل

See also: شعل, سعل, and ش غ ل

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ش غ ل (š-ḡ-l).

Verb

شَغَلَ (šaḡala) I, non-past يَشْغَلُ‎ (yašḡalu)

  1. to occupy, to busy, to preoccupy
  2. to give trouble, to distract, to divert
  3. to occupy, to hold (office)
  4. to engage
Conjugation
References

Wehr, Hans (1976), شغل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Verb

شَغَّلَ (šaḡḡala) II, non-past يُشَغِّلُ‎ (yušaḡḡilu)

  1. to occupy, to busy, to engage, to engross
  2. to employ, to put to work
  3. to operate, to run
  4. to produce, to manufacture, to fabricate
  5. to invest
Conjugation

Noun

شُغْل (šuḡl) m (plural أَشْغَال (ʾašḡāl) 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
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

شَغْل (šaḡl) m

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

Egyptian Arabic

Noun

شغل (shughl) ?

  1. work, occupation

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic

Noun

شغل (šoğl)

  1. job
  2. work

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian شغل, from Arabic

Noun

شغل (šuğl) m

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