امل

See also: أمل, آمل, and اَمل

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَمَل (ʔamal)

Noun

امل • (emel)

  1. hope
  2. desire (feeling of desiring)
  3. goal, desire (someone or something wished for)

Descendants
  • Turkish: emel

References
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “emel”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “امل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 147b

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمَل (ʔamal).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔä.mǽl]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔä.mǽl]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔä.mǽl̥]

Readings
Classical reading? amal
Dari reading? amal
Iranian reading? amal
Tajik reading? amal

Noun
Dari امل
Iranian Persian
Tajik амал

امل • (amal) (plural آمال (âmâl))

  1. (literary) hope
    Synonym: امید (omid)

Punjabi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /əməlᵊ/
  • Rhymes: -əlᵊ

Noun

اَمَل • (amal) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਅਮਲ)

  1. addiction, habit
    Synonym: نَشَہ (naśah)
    امَل اِکّ روگ اے۔
    اmal īkk rog اe.
    Addiction is a disease.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian امل (amal), from Arabic أَمَل (ʔamal).

Pronunciation

Noun

اَمَل • (amal) m (formal plural آمال (āmāl), Hindi spelling अमल)

  1. hope, expectation
    Synonym: توقع (tavaqqo')

References
  • “امل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “امل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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