عاطل
North Levantine Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]عاطل • (ʕāṭil) (feminine عاطلة (ʕāṭla), common plural عاطلين (ʕāṭlīn) or عطل (ʕuṭṭal))
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic عاطِل (ʕāṭil)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.til]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒː.t̪ʰel̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔ.t̪ʰil]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ātil |
| Dari reading? | ātil |
| Iranian reading? | âtel |
| Tajik reading? | otil |
Adjective
[edit]عاطل • ('âtil)
- idle
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2624:
- گر بیان معنوی کافی شدی / خلق عالم عاطل و باطل بدی
- gar bayân-i-ma'nawi kâfî shudî / xalq-i-'alâm 'âtil u bâtil budî
- If the spiritual explanation were sufficient, the creation of the world would have been idle and vain.
- vain, futile, useless
- Synonym: باطل (bâtil)
References
[edit]- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عاطل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
South Levantine Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]عاطل • (ʕāṭil) (feminine عاطلة (ʕāṭla), common plural عاطلين (ʕāṭlīn) or عطل (ʕuṭṭal))
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