See also: شعل, سعل, and ش غ ل

Arabic edit

Root
ش غ ل (š-ḡ-l)

Pronunciation 1 edit

Verb edit

شَغَلَ (šaḡala) I, non-past يَشْغَلُ‎ (yašḡalu)

  1. to occupy, to busy, to preoccupy
  2. to give trouble, to distract, to divert
  3. to occupy, to hold (office)
  4. to engage
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Pronunciation 2 edit

Verb edit

شُغِلَ (šuḡila) I, non-past يُشْغَلُ‎ (yušḡalu)

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Pronunciation 3 edit

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شَغَّلَ (šaḡḡala) II, non-past يُشَغِّلُ‎ (yušaḡḡilu)

  1. to occupy, to busy, to engage, to engross
  2. to employ, to put to work
  3. to operate, to run, to make run, to start (a machine)
    أَحْتَاجُ أَنْ أُشَغِّلَ جِهَازَ الْكَمْبْيُوتَرِʔaḥtāju ʔan ʔušaḡḡila jihāza l-kambyūtariI need to start my computer
  4. to produce, to manufacture, to fabricate
  5. to invest
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Pronunciation 4 edit

Noun edit

شُغْل (šuḡlm (plural أَشْغَال (ʔašḡāl) or شُغُول (šuḡūl))

  1. verbal noun of شَغَلَ (šaḡala) (form I)
  2. occupancy, filling, taking up
  3. detention, prevention, distraction
  4. occupation, activity
  5. work, job, business, concern
  6. (physics) work
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Maltese: xogħol
  • Azerbaijani: şüğl
  • Classical Syriac: ܫܘܓܠܐ
  • Ottoman Turkish: شغل (şuğl)
  • Persian: شغل (šoğl)
  • Swahili: shughuli

Pronunciation 5 edit

Noun edit

شَغْل (šaḡlm

  1. verbal noun of شَغَلَ (šaḡala) (form I)
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References edit

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “شغل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 432
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “شغل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1567
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “شغل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 556

Egyptian Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic شُغْل (šuḡl).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

شغل (šuḡlm

  1. work, occupation

Gulf Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic شُغْل (šuḡl).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Qatar) IPA(key): /ʃɪʁl/, [ˈʃɨ.ʁ(ɨ)ɫ]

Noun edit

شغل (šiḡlm

  1. work, occupation
  2. business, concern, matter
    موب شغلك
    mūb shiḡlik
    (It's) none of your business

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic شُغْل (šuḡl).

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)
 

Readings
Classical reading? šuğl
Dari reading? šuğl
Iranian reading? šoğl
Tajik reading? šuġl

Noun edit

Dari شغل
Iranian Persian
Tajik шуғл

شُغل (šoğl) (plural شُغل‌ها (šoğl-hâ) or اَشغال (ašğâl))

  1. job, work, employment, occupation
    Synonym: کار (kâr)
    شغل شما چیست؟ (more literary)šoğl-e šomâ či-st?What work do you do?
    شغلتون چیه؟ (more colloquial)šoğl-etun chi-ye?What work do you do?
  2. pastime, amusement

Descendants edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ش غ ل
7 terms

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic شَغَلَ (šaḡala).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.ɣal/, [ˈʃa.ɣal]
  • (file)

Verb edit

شغل (šaḡal) I (present بشغل (bišḡel), passive participle مشغول (mašḡūl))

  1. to occupy, to keep busy
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of شغل (šaḡal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m شغلت (šaḡalt) شغلت (šaḡalt) شغل (šaḡal) شغلنا (šaḡalna) شغلتو (šaḡaltu) شغلو (šaḡalu)
f شغلتي (šaḡalti) شغلت (šaḡlat)
present m بشغل (bašḡil) بتشغل (btišḡil) بشغل (bišḡil) منشغل (mnišḡil) بتشغلو (btišḡilu) بشغلو (bišḡilu)
f بتشغلي (btišḡili) بتشغل (btišḡil)
subjunctive m أشغل (ʔašḡil) تشغل (tišḡil) يشغل (yišḡil) نشغل (nišḡil) تشغلو (tišḡilu) يشغلو (yišḡilu)
f تشغلي (tišḡili) تشغل (tišḡil)
imperative m اشغل (išḡil) اشغلو (išḡilu)
f اشغلي (išḡili)

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic شَغَّلَ (šaḡḡala).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃaɣ.ɣal/, [ˈʃaɣ.ɣal]
  • (file)

Verb edit

شغّل (šaḡḡal) II (present بشغّل (bišaḡḡel))

  1. (transitive) to operate (machinery), to turn on (a device)
    Synonym: ضوى (ḍawa)
    Antonym: طفى (ṭafa)
  2. to employ
    Synonym: وظّف (waẓẓaf)
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of شغّل (šaḡḡal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m شغّلت (šaḡḡalt) شغّلت (šaḡḡalt) شغّل (šaḡḡal) شغّلنا (šaḡḡalna) شغّلتو (šaḡḡaltu) شغّلو (šaḡḡalu)
f شغّلتي (šaḡḡalti) شغّلت (šaḡḡalat)
present m بشغّل (bašaḡḡel) بتشغّل (bitšaḡḡel) بشغّل (bišaḡḡel) منشغّل (minšaḡḡel) بتشغّلو (bitšaḡḡlu) بشغّلو (bišaḡḡlu)
f بتشغّلي (bitšaḡḡli) بتشغّل (bitšaḡḡel)
subjunctive m اشغّل (ašaḡḡel) تشغّل (tšaḡḡel) يشغّل (yšaḡḡel) نشغّل (nšaḡḡel) تشغّلو (tšaḡḡlu) يشغّلو (yšaḡḡlu)
f تشغّلي (tšaḡḡli) تشغّل (tšaḡḡel)
imperative m شغّل (šaḡḡel) شغّلو (šaḡḡlu)
f شغّلي (šaḡḡli)

Etymology 3 edit

From Arabic شُغْل (šuḡl).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃuɣl/, [ˈʃʊ.ɣ(o)l]
  • (file)

Noun edit

شغل (šuḡlm (plural أشغال (ʔašḡāl))

  1. work, labour, occupation
  2. business, concern, matter

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian شغل (šuğl), from Arabic شُغْل (šuḡl).

Noun edit

شغل (śuġlm

  1. job
  2. work
  3. occupation
  4. business
  5. labor