عمل

See also: ع م ل

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ع م ل (ʿ-m-l). The grammatical “government” meaning is a semantic loan from Medieval Latin vīs.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

عَمِلَ (ʿamila) I, non-past يَعْمَلُ‎ (yaʿmalu)

  1. to work, perform
  2. to do (with deliberate thought)
  3. to practice, profess
  4. to produce an effect
  5. to be brisk, walk fast
  6. to exercise an influence
  7. (grammar) to govern a case
  8. to take pains (عَلَى (ʿalā) with)
  9. to work to an end
  10. to take care of
  11. to last without interruption
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From the root ع م ل (ʿ-m-l).

Verb

عَمَّلَ (ʿammala) II, non-past يُعَمِّلُ‎ (yuʿammilu)

  1. to pay (someone) his fee or wages
  2. to make (someone) an administrator or governor
  3. to suppurate, grow cancerous
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Noun

عَمَل (ʿamal) m (plural أَعْمَال (ʾaʿmāl))

  1. verbal noun of عَمِلَ (ʿamila) (form I)
  2. work, action, deed
  3. (grammar) government
    Synonym: قُوَّة (quwwa)
Declension
Descendants

References

  • Praetorius, Franz (1909), “Die grammatische Rektion bei den Arabern”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 63, pages 495–503
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), عمل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Egyptian Arabic

Verb

عمل (ʿamal) (perfect, imperfect يعمل (yiʿmil), Verb form I)

  1. to do

Conjugation


Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عَمَل (ʿamal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔæˈmæl]

Noun

عمل ('amal) (plural اعمال (a'mâl) or عمل‌ها ('amal-hâ))

  1. action
  2. deed
  3. operation

Inflection

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • عمل کردن ('amal kardan)
  • عملی ('amali)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian عمل ('amal), from Arabic عَمَل (ʿamal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ə.məl/

Noun

عمل ('amal) m (Hindi spelling अमल)

  1. action, deed
  2. process
  3. effect
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