Arabic

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Root
ع ل ل (ʕ l l)
14 terms

Etymology

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Derived from the passive participle of the verb عَلَّ (ʕalla, to become ill).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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مَعْلُول (maʕlūl) (feminine مَعْلُولَة (maʕlūla), masculine plural مَعْلُولُونَ (maʕlūlūna), feminine plural مَعْلُولَات (maʕlūlāt))

  1. passive participle of عَلَّ (ʕalla)
    1. sick, ill, diseased
    2. disabled, crippled, injured
    3. defective

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: məlul
  • Persian: معلول
  • Ottoman Turkish: معلول (malûl)
  • Uzbek: malul

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مَعْلُول (maʕlūl).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ma'lūl
Dari reading? ma'lūl
Iranian reading? ma'lul
Tajik reading? maʾlul

Adjective

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معلول (ma'lul)

  1. disabled; crippled (especially physical)
    Synonym: ناتوان (nâtavân)
    • c. 1080, “Qaṣīda 104”, in دیوان ناصرخسرو [Dīvān of Nāṣir-i Khusraw]‎[1]:
      بینا و قوی چون زید و آن دگری باز
      مکفوف همی زاید و معلول ز مادر؟
      bēnā u qawī čūn ziyad u ān digarē bāz
      makfūf hamē zāyad u ma'lūl zi mādar?
      Why does one person live seeing and strong, while another one
      Always lives blind and crippled from [the day he is born to] his mother?
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

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