معاش
Arabic
editNoun
editمَعَاش • (maʕāš) m
- verbal noun of عَاشَ (ʕāša) (form I)
- livelihood, subsistence
- 1377, Ibn Khaldun, edited by Khalīl Shaḥādah, تاريخ ابن خلدون, 1st edition, volume 1, Beirut, Lebanon: Dār al-Fikr, published 1981, page 727:
- وَأَكْثَرُ مَا يَحْمِلُ عَلَى ٱلْتِمَاسِ هٰذِهِ الصِّنَاعَةِ وَٱنْتِحَالِهَا هُوَ كَمَا قُلْنَاهُ الْعَجْزُ عَنِ الطُّرُقِ الطَّبِيعِيَّةِ لِلْمَعَاشِ وَٱبْتِغَاؤُهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ وُجُوهِهِ الطَّبِيعِيَّةِ كَٱلْفِلَاحَةِ وَٱلتِّجَارَةِ وَٱلصِّنَاعَةِ فَيَسْتَصْعِبُ الْعَاجِزُ ٱبْتِغَاءَهُ مِنْ هٰذِهِ وَيَرُومُ الْحُصُولَ عَلَى الْكَثِيرِ مِنَ الْمَالِ دُفْعَةً بِوُجُوهٍ غَيْرِ طَبِيعِيَّةٍ مِنَ الْكِيمِيَاءِ وَغَيْرِهَا.
- waʔakṯaru mā yaḥmilu ʕalā ltimāsi hāḏihi ṣ-ṣināʕati wantiḥālihā huwa kamā qulnāhu l-ʕajzu ʕani ṭ-ṭuruqi ṭ-ṭabīʕiyyati lilmaʕāši wabtiḡāʔuhu min ḡayri wujūhihi ṭ-ṭabīʕiyyati kal-filāḥati wat-tijārati waṣ-ṣināʕati fayastaṣʕibu l-ʕājizu btiḡāʔahu min hāḏihi wayarūmu l-ḥuṣūla ʕalā l-kaṯīri mina l-māli dufʕatan biwujūhin ḡayri ṭabīʕiyyatin mina l-kīmiyāʔi waḡayrihā.
- The most common cause of the desire to practice alchemy is, as we have stated; a person’s inability to make his living in a natural way and the wish to make a living in some way that, unlike agriculture, commerce, and (handi)craft, is not natural. A person without ability finds it difficult to make his living in such (legitimate occupations). He wants to get rich all at once through some (occupation) that is not natural, such as alchemy and other things.
- (post-Classical) salary
- Synonym: رَاتِب (rātib)
Declension
editDeclension of noun مَعَاش (maʕāš)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مَعَاش maʕāš |
الْمَعَاش al-maʕāš |
مَعَاش maʕāš |
Nominative | مَعَاشٌ maʕāšun |
الْمَعَاشُ al-maʕāšu |
مَعَاشُ maʕāšu |
Accusative | مَعَاشًا maʕāšan |
الْمَعَاشَ al-maʕāša |
مَعَاشَ maʕāša |
Genitive | مَعَاشٍ maʕāšin |
الْمَعَاشِ al-maʕāši |
مَعَاشِ maʕāši |
Descendants
editOttoman Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic مَعَاش (maʕāš, “living”), from عَاشَ (ʕāša, “to live”).
Noun
editمعاش • (maaş) (definite accusative معاشی (maaşı), plural معاشات (maaşat) or معائش (maaiş))
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معاش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1896
Urdu
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mə.(ʔ)ɑːʃ/
Noun
editمَعاش • (ma'āš) f (Hindi spelling मआश)
References
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- Ottoman Turkish terms derived from Arabic
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