مكلف

Arabic

Root
ك ل ف (k-l-f)

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of كَلَّفَ (kallafa, to entrust, to cost).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.kal.laf/

Adjective

مُكَلَّف • (mukallaf) (feminine مُكَلَّفَة (mukallafa), masculine plural مُكَلَّفُونَ (mukallafūna), feminine plural مُكَلَّفَات (mukallafāt))

  1. in charge (بِ (bi) of), responsible (بِ (bi) for)
  2. authorized (بِ (bi) with)
  3. obligated (بِ (bi) to do something)
  4. expensive, fine, excellent
  5. magnificently adorned
  6. bombastic, overdone
  7. freckled
  8. full of pimples
  9. taxable
  10. (religion, including Islam law) obligated to perform the general religious duties, that is of age and of sound mind, compos mentis

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: mükəlləf
  • Ottoman Turkish: مكلف (mükellef)
  • Persian: مکلف
    • Urdu: مُکَلَّف (mukallaf)
  • Uzbek: mukallaf

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مكلف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “كلف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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