عامل

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ع م ل‎ (ʕ-m-l); compare عَمِلَ‎ (ʕamila, “to do, to work”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕaː.ma.la/

Verb

عَامَلَ • (ʕāmala) III, non-past يُعَامِلُ‎‎ (yuʕāmilu)

  1. (transitive) to do business with
  2. to act in common with
  3. (transitive) to treat (in such and such a way)
Conjugation
References

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of عَمِلَ‎ (ʕamila, “to do, to act, to work”), from the root ع م ل‎ (ʕ-m-l).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕaː.mil/
  • (file)

Adjective

عَامِل • (ʕāmil)

  1. active, effective
Declension

Noun

عَامِل • (ʕāmil) m (plural عَوَامِل‎ (ʕawāmil))

  1. factor, constituent, element, causative agent
  2. (mathematics) factor (e.g. 6 is a factor of 24)
    ‏اَلْعَامِل الْمُشْتَرَك الْأَكْبَر‎
    al-ʕāmil al-muštarak al-ʔakbar
    The highest common factor
  3. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) motive power
  4. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (grammar) word that governs another word
Declension

Noun

عَامِل • (ʕāmil) m (plural عَامِلُونَ‎ (ʕāmilūna) or عُمَّال‎ (ʕummāl) or عَمَلَة‎ (ʕamala), feminine عَامِلَة‎ (ʕāmila))

  1. worker, workman, laborer
  2. wage earner, employee
  3. maker, producer, manufacturer
  4. perpetrator, doer, author
  5. governor, lieutenant, vicegerent
  6. administrative officer, prefect, district president
Declension
Descendants
  • ‌ → Ottoman Turkish: عامل‎ (amil, “governor, administrator; active”)
    • Turkish: Amil (male given name), Amile (female given name)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “عمل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عَامِل‎ (ʕāmil).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ɔˈmil/

Noun

عامل • ('âmel) (plural عوامل‎ ('avâmel))

  1. factor
  2. agent

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع م ل‎

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَامَلَ‎ (ʕāmala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕaː.mal/, [ˈʕæː.mal]
  • (file)

Verb

عامل • (ʕāmal) (form III, present بعامل‎ (biʕāmel))

  1. to behave towards, to treat (someone in a certain way)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of عامل (ʕāmal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عاملت (ʕāmalt) عاملت (ʕāmalt) عامل (ʕāmal) عاملنا (ʕāmalna) عاملتو (ʕāmaltu) عاملو (ʕāmalu)
f عاملتي (ʕāmalti) عاملت (ʕāmalat)
present m بعامل (baʕāmel) بتعامل (bitʕāmel) بعامل (biʕāmel) منعامل (minʕāmel) بتعاملو (bitʕāmlu) بعاملو (biʕāmlu)
f بتعاملي (bitʕāmli) بتعامل (bitʕāmel)
subjunctive m اعامل (aʕāmel) تعامل (tʕāmel) يعامل (yʕāmel) نعامل (nʕāmel) تعاملو (tʕāmlu) يعاملو (yʕāmlu)
f تعاملي (tʕāmli) تعامل (tʕāmel)
imperative m عامل (ʕāmel) عاملو (ʕāmlu)
f عاملي (ʕāmli)

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَامِل‎ (ʕāmil).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕaː.mil/, [ˈʕæː.mɪl]
  • (file)

Participle

عامل • (ʕāmel) (feminine عاملة‎ (ʕāmle), common plural عاملين‎ (ʕāmlīn))

  1. active participle of عمل‎ (ʕimil, “to do”)

Noun

عامل • (ʕāmel) m (plural عمّال‎ (ʕummāl), feminine عاملة‎ (ʕāmle))

  1. worker, labourer
    Synonym: شغّيل‎ (šaḡḡīl)
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