مجلس
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ج ل س (j-l-s) |
Etymology
Noun of place from the verb جَلَسَ (jalasa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mad͡ʒ.lis/
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Noun
مَجْلِس • (majlis) m (plural مَجالِس (majālis))
- seat
- Synonym: مَقْعَد (maqʕad)
- place of meeting; seat of an assembling body; conference room; court; tribunal
- (figurative) session, sitting, meeting, party
- (figurative) council, college, collegium, board, committee, commission
- (Shia Islam) husainiya
- Synonyms: حُسَيْنِيَّة (ḥusayniyya), (dialectal) مَأْتَم (maʔtam)
Declension
Declension of noun مَجْلِس (majlis)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَجْلِس majlis |
الْمَجْلِس al-majlis |
مَجْلِس majlis |
| Nominative | مَجْلِسٌ majlisun |
الْمَجْلِسُ al-majlisu |
مَجْلِسُ majlisu |
| Accusative | مَجْلِسًا majlisan |
الْمَجْلِسَ al-majlisa |
مَجْلِسَ majlisa |
| Genitive | مَجْلِسٍ majlisin |
الْمَجْلِسِ al-majlisi |
مَجْلِسِ majlisi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | مَجْلِسَيْن majlisayn |
الْمَجْلِسَيْن al-majlisayn |
مَجْلِسَيْ majlisay |
| Nominative | مَجْلِسَانِ majlisāni |
الْمَجْلِسَانِ al-majlisāni |
مَجْلِسَا majlisā |
| Accusative | مَجْلِسَيْنِ majlisayni |
الْمَجْلِسَيْنِ al-majlisayni |
مَجْلِسَيْ majlisay |
| Genitive | مَجْلِسَيْنِ majlisayni |
الْمَجْلِسَيْنِ al-majlisayni |
مَجْلِسَيْ majlisay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَجالِس majālis |
الْمَجالِس al-majālis |
مَجالِس majālis |
| Nominative | مَجالِسُ majālisu |
الْمَجالِسُ al-majālisu |
مَجالِسُ majālisu |
| Accusative | مَجالِسَ majālisa |
الْمَجالِسَ al-majālisa |
مَجالِسَ majālisa |
| Genitive | مَجالِسَ majālisa |
الْمَجالِسِ al-majālisi |
مَجالِسِ majālisi |
Descendants
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَجْلِس (majlis, “seat; meeting, session”), noun of place from جَلَسَ (jalasa, “to sit”).
Noun
مجلس • (meclis) (definite accusative مجلسی (meclisi), plural مجالس (mecâlis))
- seat, something to be sat upon, especially a place in which a person or a group of people can sit
- Synonym: اوتوراق (oturak)
- convocation, assembly, meeting, reunion, any gathering of persons for a specific purpose
- council, board, a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions
- session, a period devoted to a particular activity, especially in reference to councils and courts
- court of law, a court presided over by a judge who is empowered to decide all aspects of legal disputes
- Synonym: عدلیه (ʼadliye)
Derived terms
- صدر مجلس (sadr-ı meclis, “chief seat in an assembly”)
- مجلس آرا (meclis ara, “eloquent person”)
- مجلس اوطه‌سی (meclis odası, “council chamber”)
- مجلس اولمق (meclis olmak, “to be assembled in a meeting”)
- مجلس ایتمك (meclis etmek, “to hold a meeting”)
- مجلس خاص (meclis-i has, “cabinet council”)
- مجلس شرع (meclis-i şerʼ, “court of canon law”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “meclis”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3100
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “meclis”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 710
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مجلس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1123
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Consessus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 253
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مجلس”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4405
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “meclis”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مجلس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1750
Persian
Pronunciation
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- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [mad͡ʒ.ˈlis]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mäd͡ʒ.lɪ́s]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mäd͡ʒ.lɪ́s]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mäd͡ʒ.lís]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæd͡ʒ.lés]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mäd͡ʒ.lís]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | majlis |
| Dari reading? | majlis |
| Iranian reading? | majles |
| Tajik reading? | majlis |
Related terms
- مَجلِسِ شورایِ اِسْلامی (majles-e šurâ-ye eslâmi)
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