شغل

See also: شعل‎, سعل‎, and ش غ ل‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ش غ ل‎ (š-ḡ-l).

Verb

شَغَلَ • (šaḡala) I, non-past يَشْغَلُ‎‎ (yašḡalu)

  1. to occupy, to busy, to preoccupy
  2. to give trouble, to distract, to divert
  3. to occupy, to hold (office)
  4. to engage

Conjugation

Verb

شُغِلَ • (šuḡila) I, non-past يُشْغَلُ‎‎ (yušḡalu)

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Conjugation

Verb

شَغَّلَ • (šaḡḡala) II, non-past يُشَغِّلُ‎‎ (yušaḡḡilu)

  1. to occupy, to busy, to engage, to engross
  2. to employ, to put to work
  3. to operate, to run, to make run, to start (a machine)
    ‏أَحْتَاجُ أَنْ أُشَغِّلَ جِهَازَ الْكَمْبْيُوتَرِ‎ ― ʔaḥtāju ʔan ʔušaḡḡila jihāza l-kambyūtari ― I need to start my computer
  4. to produce, to manufacture, to fabricate
  5. to invest

Conjugation

Noun

شُغْل • (šuḡl) m (plural أَشْغَال‎ (ʔašḡāl) or شُغُول‎ (šuḡūl))

  1. verbal noun of شَغَلَ (šaḡala) (form I)
  2. occupancy, filling, taking up
  3. detention, prevention, distraction
  4. occupation, activity
  5. work, job, business, concern
  6. (physics) work

Declension

Noun

شَغْل • (šaḡl) m

  1. verbal noun of شَغَلَ (šaḡala) (form I)

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833), “شغل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 432
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), “شغل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1567
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “شغل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 556

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic شُغْل‎ (šuḡl).

Noun

شغل • (šuḡl) m

  1. work, occupation

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic شُغْل‎ (šuḡl).

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /ʃʊɣl/

    Noun

    Dari شغل
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik шуғл (šuġl)

    شُغل • (šoğl) (plural شُغل‌ها‎ (šoğl-hâ) or اَشغال‎ (ašğâl))

    1. job, work, employment, occupation
      Synonym: کار‎ (kâr)
      ‏شغل شما چیست؟‎‎ (more literary) ― šoğl-e šomâ či-st? ― What work do you do?
      ‏شغلتون چیه؟‎‎ (more colloquial) ― šoğl-etun chi-ye? ― What work do you do?
    2. pastime, amusement

    Descendants

    • → Bashkir: шөғөл (şöğöl)
    • → Hindustani:
      Urdu: شغل‎ (śuġl)
    • → Pashto: شغل‎ (šᶕǧwәl)

    South Levantine Arabic

    Root
    ش غ ل‎

    Etymology 1

    From Arabic شَغَلَ‎ (šaḡala).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʃa.ɣal/, [ˈʃa.ɣal]
    • (file)

    Verb

    شغل • (šaḡal) (form I, present بشغل‎ (bišḡel), passive participle مشغول‎ (mašḡūl))

    1. to occupy, to keep busy
    Conjugation
        Conjugation of شغل (šaḡal)
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    past m شغلت (šaḡalt) شغلت (šaḡalt) شغل (šaḡal) شغلنا (šaḡalna) شغلتو (šaḡaltu) شغلو (šaḡalu)
    f شغلتي (šaḡalti) شغلت (šaḡlat)
    present m بشغل (bašḡil) بتشغل (btišḡil) بشغل (bišḡil) منشغل (mnišḡil) بتشغلو (btišḡilu) بشغلو (bišḡilu)
    f بتشغلي (btišḡili) بتشغل (btišḡil)
    subjunctive m أشغل (ʔašḡil) تشغل (tišḡil) يشغل (yišḡil) نشغل (nišḡil) تشغلو (tišḡilu) يشغلو (yišḡilu)
    f تشغلي (tišḡili) تشغل (tišḡil)
    imperative m اشغل (išḡil) اشغلو (išḡilu)
    f اشغلي (išḡili)

    Etymology 2

    From Arabic شَغَّلَ‎ (šaḡḡala).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʃaɣ.ɣal/, [ˈʃaɣ.ɣal]
    • (file)

    Verb

    شغّل • (šaḡḡal) (form II, present بشغّل‎ (bišaḡḡel))

    1. (transitive) to operate (machinery), to turn on (a device)
      Synonym: ضوى‎ (ḍawa)
      Antonym: طفى‎ (ṭafa)
    2. to employ
      Synonym: وظّف‎ (waẓẓaf)
    Conjugation
        Conjugation of شغّل (šaḡḡal)
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    past m شغّلت (šaḡḡalt) شغّلت (šaḡḡalt) شغّل (šaḡḡal) شغّلنا (šaḡḡalna) شغّلتو (šaḡḡaltu) شغّلو (šaḡḡalu)
    f شغّلتي (šaḡḡalti) شغّلت (šaḡḡalat)
    present m بشغّل (bašaḡḡel) بتشغّل (bitšaḡḡel) بشغّل (bišaḡḡel) منشغّل (minšaḡḡel) بتشغّلو (bitšaḡḡlu) بشغّلو (bišaḡḡlu)
    f بتشغّلي (bitšaḡḡli) بتشغّل (bitšaḡḡel)
    subjunctive m اشغّل (ašaḡḡel) تشغّل (tšaḡḡel) يشغّل (yšaḡḡel) نشغّل (nšaḡḡel) تشغّلو (tšaḡḡlu) يشغّلو (yšaḡḡlu)
    f تشغّلي (tšaḡḡli) تشغّل (tšaḡḡel)
    imperative m شغّل (šaḡḡel) شغّلو (šaḡḡlu)
    f شغّلي (šaḡḡli)

    Etymology 3

    From Arabic شُغْل‎ (šuḡl).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʃuɣl/, [ˈʃʊ.ɣ(o)l]
    • (file)

    Noun

    شغل • (šuḡl) m (plural أشغال‎ (ʔašḡāl))

    1. work, labour, occupation
    2. business, concern, matter

    Urdu

    Etymology

    From Persian شغل‎ (šoğl), from Arabic شُغْل‎ (šuḡl).

    Noun

    شغل • (śuġl) m

    1. job
    2. work
    3. occupation
    4. business
    5. labor
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