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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