See also: قابل

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ق ت ل (q-t-l).

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Verb edit

قَاتَلَ (qātala) III, non-past يُقَاتِلُ‎ (yuqātilu)

  1. to combat, to battle, to fight
    الجَيْشُ قَاتَلَ بِشَجَاعَةٍ فِي الْمَعْرَكَةِ.
    al-jayšu qātala bišajāʕatin fī l-maʕrakati.
    The army fought courageously in the battle.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 49:9:
      وَإِن طَائِفَتَانِ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱقْتَتَلُوا فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا فَإِن بَغَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ فَقَاتِلُوا ٱلَّتِي تَبْغِي حَتَّىٰ تَفِيءَ إِلَىٰ أَمْرِ ٱللّٰهِ فَإِنْ فَاءَتْ فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَأَقْسِطُوا إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُقْسِطِينَ
      wa-ʔin ṭāʔifatāni mina l-muʔminīna qtatalū fa-ʔaṣliḥū baynahumā fa-ʔin baḡat ʔiḥdāhumā ʕalā l-ʔuḵrā faqātilū llatī tabḡī ḥattā tafīʔa ʔilā ʔamri llāhi fa-ʔin fāʔat fa-ʔaṣliḥū baynahumā bi-l-ʕadli wa-ʔaqsiṭū ʔinna llāha yuḥibbu l-muqsiṭīna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Etymology 2 edit

Derived from the active participle of قَتَلَ (qatala, to kill), from the root ق ت ل (q-t-l).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /qaː.til/
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Noun edit

قَاتِل (qātilm (plural قَاتِلُونَ (qātilūna) or قَتَلَة (qatala), feminine قَاتِلَة (qātila))

  1. killer, murderer, assassin
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Adjective edit

قَاتِل (qātil) (feminine قَاتِلَة (qātila), masculine plural قَاتِلُونَ (qātilūna) or قَتَلَة (qatala), feminine plural قَاتِلَات (qātilāt) or قَوَاتِل (qawātil), elative أَقْتَل (ʔaqtal))

  1. killing, murdering
  2. deadly, lethal, mortal, fatal
    Synonym: مُمِيت (mumīt)
    دَسَّ لَهُ السُّمَّ الْقَاتِلَ
    dassa lahu s-summa al-qātila
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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Hijazi Arabic edit

Root
ق ت ل
2 terms

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic قَاتَلَ (qātala).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

قاتل (gātal) III (non-past يِقْتُل (yigātil))

  1. to combat, to battle, to fight
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of قاتل (gātal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قاتلت (gātalt) قاتلت (gātalt) قاتل (gātal) قاتلنا (gātalna) قاتلتوا (gātaltu) قاتلوا (gātalu)
f قاتلتي (gātalti) قاتلت (gātalat)
non-past m أقاتل (ʔagātil) تقاتل (tigātil) يقاتل (yigātil) نقاتل (nigātil) تقاتلوا (tigātlu) يقاتلوا (yigātlu)
f تقاتلي (tigātli) تقاتل (tigātil)
imperative m قاتل (gātil) قاتلوا (gātlu)
f قاتلي (gātli)

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic قَاتِل (qātil).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

قاتل (gātilm (plural قَتَلة (gatala) or قاتلين (gātlīn), feminine قاتلة (gātla))

  1. killer, murderer, assassin

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic قَاتِل (qātil).

Noun edit

قاتل (katil)

  1. murderer, killer

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Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic قَاتِل (qātil).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? qātil
Dari reading? qātil
Iranian reading? ğâtel
Tajik reading? qotil

Noun edit

Dari قاتل
Iranian Persian
Tajik қотил

قاتل (qâtel) (plural قاتلان (qâtelân) or قاتل‌ها (qâtel-hâ))

  1. killer
  2. murderer

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian قاتل (qātil), itself from Arabic قَاتِل (qātil).

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Noun edit

قاتِل (qātilm (Hindi spelling क़ातिल)

  1. killer, murderer, assassin

Declension edit

Declension of قاتل
singular plural
direct قاتل (qātil) قاتل (qātil)
oblique قاتل (qātil) قاتلوں (qātilō̃)
vocative قاتل (qātil) قاتلو (qātilō)

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References edit

  • قاتل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • قاتل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.