اکمال

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِكْمَال (ʔikmāl), verbal noun of أَكْمَلَ (ʔakmala).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔik.ˈmɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪk.mɑ́ːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪk.mɑ́ːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪk.mɑ́ːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔik.mɔ́ːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔekʲ.mɒ́ːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔik.mɔ́l]

Readings
Classical reading?	ikmāl
Dari reading?	ikmāl
Iranian reading?	ekmâl
Tajik reading?	ikmol

Noun

اکمال • (ekmâl)

1. completion, perfection
2. accomplishment

Noun

اکمال • (ekmâl) (verbal noun)

1. perfecting
2. completing, accomplishing

Derived terms

verbs

• اکمالات (ekmâlât)

 

nouns

• اکمال کردن (ekmâl kardan)

 

Further reading

• Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “اکمال”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 32
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “اکمال”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “اکمال”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “اكمال”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul