متول

Arabic

Etymology

Root
و ل ي (w-l-y)

Derived from the active participle of تَوَلَّى (tawallā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ta.wal.lin/

Noun

مُتَوَلٍّ • (mutawallin) m (informal مُتَوَلِّي (mutawallī))

1. one entrusted with something

Declension

Declension of noun مُتَوَلٍّ (mutawallin)

Singular	singular triptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُتَوَلِّي mutawallī	الْمُتَوَلِّي al-mutawallī	مُتَوَلِّي mutawallī
Nominative	مُتَوَلٍّ mutawallin	الْمُتَوَلِّي al-mutawallī	مُتَوَلِّي mutawallī
Accusative	مُتَوَلِّيًا mutawalliyan	الْمُتَوَلِّيَ al-mutawalliya	مُتَوَلِّيَ mutawalliya
Genitive	مُتَوَلٍّ mutawallin	الْمُتَوَلِّي al-mutawallī	مُتَوَلِّي mutawallī

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mütəvəlli
• → Ottoman Turkish: متولی (mütevellî)
  • Turkish: mütevelli
• → Persian: متولی (motavalli)
• → Urdu: متولی (mutavallī)
• → Uzbek: mutavalli

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “متول”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1290