وکیل

See also: وكیل and وكيل

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَكِيل (wakīl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wa.kiːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.kʰiːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.kʰiːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wä.kʰiːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wä.kʰil̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væ.kʰʲiːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vä.kʰil]

Readings
Classical reading?	wakīl
Dari reading?	wakīl
Iranian reading?	vakil
Tajik reading?	vakil

Noun

وکیل • (vakil) (plural وکلا (vokalâ) or وکیل‌ها (vakil-hâ) or وکیلان (vakilân))

1. lawyer, attorney

Related terms

• وکالت (vekâlat, “power of attorney”)

Descendants

• → Assamese: উকিল (ukil)
• → Bengali: উকিল (ukil)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: वकील (vakīl)

  Urdu: وکیل (vakīl)

• → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਵਕੀਲ (vakīl)
  • Shahmukhi script: وکیل (vakil)
• → Sindhi: وڪيل (vakīlu)
• → Tamil: வக்கீல் (vakkīl)
• → Malayalam: വക്കീൽ (vakkīl)