و ك ل

Arabic

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒉺 (waklum).

Root

و ك ل • (w-k-l)

1. related to agency or trust

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: وَكَلَ (wakala, “to entrust, assign, charge”)
  • Active participle: وَاكِل (wākil)
  • Passive participle: مَوْكُول (mawkūl)
• Form II: وَكَّلَ (wakkala, “to authorize, empower”)
  • Verbal noun: تَوْكِيل (tawkīl)
  • Active participle: مُوَكِّل (muwakkil)
  • Passive participle: مُوَكَّل (muwakkal)
• Form III: وَاكَلَ (wākala, “to trust; to mutually trust”)
  • Verbal noun: مُوَاكَلَة (muwākala)
  • Active participle: مُوَاكِل (muwākil)
  • Passive participle: مُوَاكَل (muwākal)
• Form IV: أَوْكَلَ (ʔawkala, “to entrust, assign”)
  • Verbal noun: إِيكَال (ʔīkāl)
  • Active participle: مُوكِل (mūkil)
  • Passive participle: مُوكَل (mūkal)
• Form V: تَوَكَّلَ (tawakkala, “to be appointed as agent; to act as agent; to guarantee; to depend on”)
  • Verbal noun: تَوَكُّل (tawakkul)
  • Active participle: مُتَوَكِّل (mutawakkil)
  • Passive participle: مُتَوَكَّل (mutawakkal)
• Form VIII: اِتَّكَلَ (ittakala, “to rely on; to trust in”)
  • Verbal noun: اِتِّكَال (ittikāl)
  • Active participle: مُتَّكِل (muttakil)
  • Passive participle: مُتَّكَل (muttakal)

Nouns

• وِكَالَة (wikāla)
• وَكِيل (wakīl)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1960) “و ك ل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz