رأس مال

See also: رأسمال

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From رَأْسْ (raʾs, head) + مَال (māl, money), as a calque of Latin capitāle, from caput (head).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raʔs maːl/
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Noun

رَأْس مَال (raʾs māl) m (plural رُؤُوس أَمْوَال (ruʾūs ʾamwāl))

  1. (money) capital
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:279:
      فَإِن لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا فَأْذَنُوا بِحَرْبٍ مِنَ ٱللّٰهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَإِنْ تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُءُوسُ أَمْوَالِكُمْ لَا تَظْلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ
      fa-ʾin lam tafʿalū fa-ʾḏanū bi-ḥarbin mina llāhī wa-rasūlihī wa-ʾin tubtum fa-la-kum ruʾūsu ʾamwāli-kum lā taẓlimūna wa-lā tuẓlamūna
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