سؤال

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verbal noun of سَأَلَ (saʔala, “to ask a question”), from the root س ء ل (s-ʔ-l).

Compare Hebrew שאלה (sh'elá).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /su.ʔaːl/
Audio: (file)

Noun

سُؤَال • (suʔāl) m (plural أَسْئِلَة (ʔasʔila) or سُؤَالَات (suʔālāt))

verbal noun of سَأَلَ (saʔala) (form I)
question
عِنْدِي سُؤَال.
ʕindī suʔāl.
I have a question.
request
- (Can we date this quote?), التفسير الميسر:
  وعبر بالمضارع في قوله ‹ يَسْأَلُكَ › لقصد استحضار حالتهم العجيبة في هذا السؤال، حتى لكأن السامع يراهم، وللدلالة على تكرار أسئلتهم وتجددها المرة تلو الأخرى بدون حياء أو خجل
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Declension

Declension of noun سُؤَال (suʔāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُؤَال suʔāl	السُّؤَال as-suʔāl	سُؤَال suʔāl
Nominative	سُؤَالٌ suʔālun	السُّؤَالُ as-suʔālu	سُؤَالُ suʔālu
Accusative	سُؤَالًا suʔālan	السُّؤَالَ as-suʔāla	سُؤَالَ suʔāla
Genitive	سُؤَالٍ suʔālin	السُّؤَالِ as-suʔāli	سُؤَالِ suʔāli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُؤَالَيْن suʔālayn	السُّؤَالَيْن as-suʔālayn	سُؤَالَيْ suʔālay
Nominative	سُؤَالَانِ suʔālāni	السُّؤَالَانِ as-suʔālāni	سُؤَالَا suʔālā
Accusative	سُؤَالَيْنِ suʔālayni	السُّؤَالَيْنِ as-suʔālayni	سُؤَالَيْ suʔālay
Genitive	سُؤَالَيْنِ suʔālayni	السُّؤَالَيْنِ as-suʔālayni	سُؤَالَيْ suʔālay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَسْئِلَة‎; سُؤَالَات ʔasʔila‎; suʔālāt	الْأَسْئِلَة‎; السُّؤَالَات al-ʔasʔila‎; as-suʔālāt	أَسْئِلَة‎; سُؤَالَات ʔasʔilat‎; suʔālāt
Nominative	أَسْئِلَةٌ‎; سُؤَالَاتٌ ʔasʔilatun‎; suʔālātun	الْأَسْئِلَةُ‎; السُّؤَالَاتُ al-ʔasʔilatu‎; as-suʔālātu	أَسْئِلَةُ‎; سُؤَالَاتُ ʔasʔilatu‎; suʔālātu
Accusative	أَسْئِلَةً‎; سُؤَالَاتٍ ʔasʔilatan‎; suʔālātin	الْأَسْئِلَةَ‎; السُّؤَالَاتِ al-ʔasʔilata‎; as-suʔālāti	أَسْئِلَةَ‎; سُؤَالَاتِ ʔasʔilata‎; suʔālāti
Genitive	أَسْئِلَةٍ‎; سُؤَالَاتٍ ʔasʔilatin‎; suʔālātin	الْأَسْئِلَةِ‎; السُّؤَالَاتِ al-ʔasʔilati‎; as-suʔālāti	أَسْئِلَةِ‎; سُؤَالَاتِ ʔasʔilati‎; suʔālāti

Descendants

Moroccan Arabic: سؤال (suʔāl)
South Levantine Arabic: سؤال (suʔāl)
→ Azerbaijani: sual
→ Bengali: সওয়াল (śôwal)
→ Crimean Tatar: sual
→ Dhivehi: ސުވާލު (suvālu)
→ Ottoman Turkish: سوال (sual), سؤال (su'al)
- Turkish: sual
→ Malay: soal
- Indonesian: soal
→ Persian: سؤال (so'âl), سوال (unhamzated)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਸਵਾਲ (savāl)
  Shahmukhi script: سَوال (savāl)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: सवाल (savāl)
  Urdu: سَوال (savāl)
→ Kazakh: сауал (saual)
→ Swahili: suala, swali
→ Uyghur: سوئال (so'al)
→ Uzbek: savol

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /suʔ.ʔaːl/

Noun

سُؤَّال • (suʔʔāl) m pl

plural of سَائِل (sāʔil)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “سءل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Root
س ء ل
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سُؤَال (suʔāl).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /su.ʔaːl/

Noun

سؤال • (suʔāl) m (plural أَسْئلة (ʔasʔila))

question

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

سؤال • (su'al)

Alternative form of سوال (sual, “question”)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُؤَال (suʔāl).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [su.ˈʔɑːl]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [so̞.ʔɑ́ːl]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.wɑ́ːl], [sʊ.wɑ́ːl]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.wɔ́ːl̥], [su.wɔ́ːl̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [so.ʔɒ́ːl̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [su.ʔɔ́l]

Readings
Classical reading^?	su'āl
Dari reading^?	so'āl
Iranian reading^?	so'âl
Tajik reading^?	suʾol

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	سؤال
Dari	سؤال
Tajik	суол

سُؤال • (so'âl) (plural سؤالات (so'âlât) or سؤال‌ها (so'âl-hâ))

question
Synonym: پُرْسِش (porseš)

Antonyms: جَوَاب (javâb), پاسُخ (pâsox)

Alternative forms

سوال (unhamzated)

Derived terms

سُؤال کَرْدَن (so'âl kardan, “to ask, to question”)

Descendants

→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਸਵਾਲ (savāl)

Shahmukhi script: سَوال (savāl)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: सवाल (savāl)

Urdu: سَوال (savāl)