مخالف

Arabic

Root
خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of خَالَفَ (ḵālafa, to be different).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.xaː.lif/

Adjective

مُخَالِف • (muḵālif)

  1. contrary, disagreeing, opposed
  2. against, anti-

Declension

Noun

مُخَالِف • (muḵālif) m (plural مُخَالِفُون (muḵālifūn))

  1. opponent, objector, dissenter

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: müxalif
  • Persian: مخالف
  • Ottoman Turkish: مخالف (muhalif)
  • Uyghur: مۇخالىف (muxalif)
  • Uzbek: muxolif

References

  • Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “مخالف”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
  • Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “مخالف”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “مخالف”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “مخالف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مُخَالِف (muḵālif).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mʊ.xɑː.lɪf]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mʊ.xɑː.lɪf]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mu.xɔː.lif]

Readings
Classical reading? muxālif
Dari reading? muxālif
Iranian reading? moxâlef
Tajik reading? muxolif

Noun

Dari مخالف
Iranian Persian
Tajik мухолиф

مُخالِف • (moxâlef) (plural مُخالِفان (moxâlefân) or مُخالِف‌ها (moxâlef-hâ))

  1. opponent, adversary

Adjective

مُخالِف • (moxâlef)

  1. opposed, contrary, contradictory
  2. opposed, defiant
    کی مخالف کمک کردن به فقیران است؟ (more literary)
    ki moxâlef-e komak kardan be faqirân ast?
    Who is opposed to helping the poor?
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