معمول

Arabic

Root
ع م ل (ʕ-m-l)

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb عَمِلَ (ʕamila).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʕ.muːl/

Adjective

مَعْمُول • (maʕmūl) (feminine مَعْمُولَة (maʕmūla), masculine plural مَعْمُولُونَ (maʕmūlūna), feminine plural مَعْمُولَات (maʕmūlāt))

  1. passive participle of عَمِلَ (ʕamila)

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: məmul
  • Ottoman Turkish: معمول (mamûl)
    • Turkish: mamul
  • Persian: معمول (ma'mul)
  • Urdu: معمول (maʻmūl, vulg. māmūl)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْمُول (maʕmūl).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mäʔ.múːl]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mɑː.múːl]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mɔː.múl̥]

Readings
Classical reading? ma'mūl
Dari reading? ma'mūl
Iranian reading? ma'mul
Tajik reading? maʾmul

Adjective

Dari معمول
Iranian Persian
Tajik маъмул

معمول • (ma'mul)

  1. normal
  2. usual

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْمُول (maʕmūl).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَعْمُول • (maʻmūl, vulg. māmūl) (Hindi spelling मामूल)

  1. made, prepared; acted upon; (grammar) governed
  2. established, customary, wonted, usual

Noun

مَعْمُول • (maʻmūl, vulg. māmūl) m (Hindi spelling मामूल)

  1. action, operation
  2. usage, established custom, practice; habit
  3. fixed allowance or gratuity

Further reading

  • معمول”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “معمول”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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