شغل

See also: شعل, سعل, and ش غ ل

Arabic

Root
ش غ ل (š-ḡ-l)

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.ɣa.la/

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

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ʃu.ɣi.la/

Verb

شُغِلَ • (šuḡila) I, non-past يُشْغَلُ‎ (yušḡalu)

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Conjugation

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /ʃaɣ.ɣa.la/

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, to make run, to start (a machine)
    أَحْتَاجُ أَنْ أُشَغِّلَ جِهَازَ الْكَمْبْيُوتَرِʔaḥtāju ʔan ʔušaḡḡila jihāza l-kambyūtariI need to start my computer
  4. to produce, to manufacture, to fabricate
  5. to invest
Conjugation

Pronunciation 4

  • IPA(key): /ʃuɣl/

Noun

شُغْل • (šuḡl) m (plural أَشْغَال (ʔašḡāl) 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
  6. (physics) work
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: xogħol
  • Azerbaijani: şüğl
  • Classical Syriac: ܫܘܓܠܐ
  • Ottoman Turkish: شغل (şuğl)
  • Persian: شغل (šoğl)
  • Swahili: shughuli

Pronunciation 5

  • IPA(key): /ʃaɣl/

Noun

شَغْل • (šaḡl) m

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

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “شغل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 432
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “شغل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1567
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “شغل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 556

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic شُغْل (šuḡl).

Noun

شغل • (šuḡl) m

  1. work, occupation

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic شُغْل (šuḡl).

Pronunciation

  • (Qatar) IPA(key): /ʃɪʁl/, [ˈʃɨ.ʁ(ɨ)ɫ]

Noun

شغل • (šiḡl) m

  1. work, occupation
  2. business, concern, matter
    موب شغلك
    mūb shiḡlik
    (It's) none of your business

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شُغْل (šuḡl).

Pronunciation

  • (file)
 

Readings
Classical reading? šuğl
Dari reading? šuğl
Iranian reading? šoğl
Tajik reading? šuġl

Noun

Dari شغل
Iranian Persian
Tajik шуғл

شُغل • (šoğl) (plural شُغل‌ها (šoğl-hâ) or اَشغال (ašğâl))

  1. job, work, employment, occupation
    Synonym: کار (kâr)
    شغل شما چیست؟ (more literary)šoğl-e šomâ či-st?What work do you do?
    شغلتون چیه؟ (more colloquial)šoğl-etun chi-ye?What work do you do?
  2. pastime, amusement

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش غ ل
7 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic شَغَلَ (šaḡala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.ɣal/, [ˈʃa.ɣal]
  • (file)

Verb

شغل • (šaḡal) I (present بشغل (bišḡel), passive participle مشغول (mašḡūl))

  1. to occupy, to keep busy
Conjugation
    Conjugation of شغل (šaḡal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m شغلت (šaḡalt) شغلت (šaḡalt) شغل (šaḡal) شغلنا (šaḡalna) شغلتو (šaḡaltu) شغلو (šaḡalu)
f شغلتي (šaḡalti) شغلت (šaḡlat)
present m بشغل (bašḡil) بتشغل (btišḡil) بشغل (bišḡil) منشغل (mnišḡil) بتشغلو (btišḡilu) بشغلو (bišḡilu)
f بتشغلي (btišḡili) بتشغل (btišḡil)
subjunctive m أشغل (ʔašḡil) تشغل (tišḡil) يشغل (yišḡil) نشغل (nišḡil) تشغلو (tišḡilu) يشغلو (yišḡilu)
f تشغلي (tišḡili) تشغل (tišḡil)
imperative m اشغل (išḡil) اشغلو (išḡilu)
f اشغلي (išḡili)

Etymology 2

From Arabic شَغَّلَ (šaḡḡala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaɣ.ɣal/, [ˈʃaɣ.ɣal]
  • (file)

Verb

شغّل • (šaḡḡal) II (present بشغّل (bišaḡḡel))

  1. (transitive) to operate (machinery), to turn on (a device)
    Synonym: ضوى (ḍawa)
    Antonym: طفى (ṭafa)
  2. to employ
    Synonym: وظّف (waẓẓaf)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of شغّل (šaḡḡal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m شغّلت (šaḡḡalt) شغّلت (šaḡḡalt) شغّل (šaḡḡal) شغّلنا (šaḡḡalna) شغّلتو (šaḡḡaltu) شغّلو (šaḡḡalu)
f شغّلتي (šaḡḡalti) شغّلت (šaḡḡalat)
present m بشغّل (bašaḡḡel) بتشغّل (bitšaḡḡel) بشغّل (bišaḡḡel) منشغّل (minšaḡḡel) بتشغّلو (bitšaḡḡlu) بشغّلو (bišaḡḡlu)
f بتشغّلي (bitšaḡḡli) بتشغّل (bitšaḡḡel)
subjunctive m اشغّل (ašaḡḡel) تشغّل (tšaḡḡel) يشغّل (yšaḡḡel) نشغّل (nšaḡḡel) تشغّلو (tšaḡḡlu) يشغّلو (yšaḡḡlu)
f تشغّلي (tšaḡḡli) تشغّل (tšaḡḡel)
imperative m شغّل (šaḡḡel) شغّلو (šaḡḡlu)
f شغّلي (šaḡḡli)

Etymology 3

From Arabic شُغْل (šuḡl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃuɣl/, [ˈʃʊ.ɣ(o)l]
  • (file)

Noun

شغل • (šuḡl) m (plural أشغال (ʔašḡāl))

  1. work, labour, occupation
  2. business, concern, matter

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شغل (šuğl), from Arabic شُغْل (šuḡl).

Noun

شغل • (śuġl) m

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