قاتل

See also: قابل‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ق ت ل‎ (q-t-l).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qaː.ta.la/
    • (Hejazi) IPA(key): /ɡaː.tal/

Verb

قَاتَلَ • (qātala) III, non-past يُقَاتِلُ‎‎ (yuqātilu)

  1. to combat, to battle, to fight
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 49:9:
      ‏وَإِن طَائِفَتَانِ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱقْتَتَلُوا فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا فَإِن بَغَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ فَقَاتِلُوا ٱلَّتِي تَبْغِي حَتَّىٰ تَفِيءَ إِلَىٰ أَمْرِ ٱللّٰهِ فَإِنْ فَاءَتْ فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَأَقْسِطُوا إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُقْسِطِينَ‎
      wa-ʔin ṭāʔifatāni mina l-muʔminīna qtatalū fa-ʔaṣliḥū baynahumā fa-ʔin baḡat ʔiḥdāhumā ʕalā l-ʔuḵrā faqātilū llatī tabḡī ḥattā tafīʔa ʔilā ʔamri llāhi fa-ʔin fāʔat fa-ʔaṣliḥū baynahumā bi-l-ʕadli wa-ʔaqsiṭū ʔinna llāha yuḥibbu l-muqsiṭīna
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • قَاتَلَكَ ٱللَّٰهُ‎ (qātalaka llāhu)

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of قَتَلَ‎ (qatala, “to kill”), from the root ق ت ل‎ (q-t-l).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qaː.til/
  • (file)
    • (Hejazi) IPA(key): /ɡaː.til/

Noun

قَاتِل • (qātil) m (plural قَاتِلُونَ‎ (qātilūna) or قَتَلَة‎ (qatala), feminine قَاتِلَة‎ (qātila))

  1. killer, murderer, assassin
Declension

Adjective

قَاتِل • (qātil) (feminine قَاتِلَة‎ (qātila), masculine plural قَاتِلُونَ‎ (qātilūna) or قَتَلَة‎ (qatala), feminine plural قَاتِلَات‎ (qātilāt) or قَوَاتِل‎ (qawātil), elative أَقْتَل‎ (ʔaqtal))

  1. killing, murdering
  2. deadly, lethal, mortal, fatal
    ‏دَسَّ لَهُ السُّمَّ الْقَاتِلَ‎‎
    dassa lahu s-summa al-qātila
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Synonym: مُمِيت‎ (mumīt)
Declension
Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَاتِل‎ (qātil).

Noun

قاتل • (katil)

  1. murderer, killer

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَاتِل‎ (qātil).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /qɔˈtil/

Noun

Dari قاتل
Iranian Persian
Tajik қотил (qotil)

قاتل • (qâtel) (plural قاتلان‎ (qâtelân) or قاتل‌ها‎ (qâtel-hâ))

  1. killer
  2. murderer

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قاتل‎ (qātil), itself from Arabic قَاتِل‎ (qātil).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /qɑː.t̪ɪl/
  • (Deccani) IPA(key): /xɑː.t̪ɪl/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /kɑː.t̪əl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪl
  • Hyphenation: قا‧تِل

Noun

قاتِل • (qātil) m (Hindi spelling क़ातिल)

  1. killer, murderer, assassin

Declension

Declension of قاتل
singular plural
direct قاتل‎ (qātil) قاتل‎ (qātil)
oblique قاتل‎ (qātil) قاتلوں‎ (qātilō̃)
vocative قاتل‎ (qātil) قاتلو‎ (qātilō)

Synonyms

References

  • “قاتل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “قاتل”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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