Arabic edit

Root
ب خ ل (b-ḵ-l)

Verb edit

بَخِلَ (baḵila) I, non-past يَبْخَلُ‎ (yabḵalu)
بَخُلَ (baḵula) I, non-past يَبْخُلُ‎ (yabḵulu)

  1. to be stingy
  2. to withhold

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

بُخْل or بَخَل or بَخْل (buḵl or baḵal or baḵlm

  1. avarice, stinginess
  2. unlawful or immoral withholding of property
  3. refusal to do what is legally obliged

References edit

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic بُخْل (buḵl).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? buxl
Dari reading? buxl
Iranian reading? boxl
Tajik reading? buxl

Noun edit

بخل (boxl)

  1. avarice, stinginess
  2. envy, jealousy

Further reading edit