مخالف

Arabic

Root
خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of خَالَفَ (ḵālafa, “to be different”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.xaː.lif/

Adjective

مُخَالِف • (muḵālif)

1. contrary, disagreeing, opposed
2. against, anti-

Declension

Declension of adjective مُخَالِف (muḵālif)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُخَالِف muḵālif	الْمُخَالِف al-muḵālif	مُخَالِفَة muḵālifa	الْمُخَالِفَة al-muḵālifa
Nominative	مُخَالِفٌ muḵālifun	الْمُخَالِفُ al-muḵālifu	مُخَالِفَةٌ muḵālifatun	الْمُخَالِفَةُ al-muḵālifatu
Accusative	مُخَالِفًا muḵālifan	الْمُخَالِفَ al-muḵālifa	مُخَالِفَةً muḵālifatan	الْمُخَالِفَةَ al-muḵālifata
Genitive	مُخَالِفٍ muḵālifin	الْمُخَالِفِ al-muḵālifi	مُخَالِفَةٍ muḵālifatin	الْمُخَالِفَةِ al-muḵālifati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُخَالِفَيْن muḵālifayn	الْمُخَالِفَيْن al-muḵālifayn	مُخَالِفَتَيْن muḵālifatayn	الْمُخَالِفَتَيْن al-muḵālifatayn
Nominative	مُخَالِفَانِ muḵālifāni	الْمُخَالِفَانِ al-muḵālifāni	مُخَالِفَتَانِ muḵālifatāni	الْمُخَالِفَتَانِ al-muḵālifatāni
Accusative	مُخَالِفَيْنِ muḵālifayni	الْمُخَالِفَيْنِ al-muḵālifayni	مُخَالِفَتَيْنِ muḵālifatayni	الْمُخَالِفَتَيْنِ al-muḵālifatayni
Genitive	مُخَالِفَيْنِ muḵālifayni	الْمُخَالِفَيْنِ al-muḵālifayni	مُخَالِفَتَيْنِ muḵālifatayni	الْمُخَالِفَتَيْنِ al-muḵālifatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	مُخَالِفَات muḵālifāt	الْمُخَالِفَات al-muḵālifāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	مُخَالِفَاتٌ muḵālifātun	الْمُخَالِفَاتُ al-muḵālifātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	مُخَالِفَاتٍ muḵālifātin	الْمُخَالِفَاتِ al-muḵālifāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	مُخَالِفَاتٍ muḵālifātin	الْمُخَالِفَاتِ al-muḵālifāti

Noun

مُخَالِف • (muḵālif) m (plural مُخَالِفُون (muḵālifūn))

1. opponent, objector, dissenter

Declension

Declension of noun مُخَالِف (muḵālif)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُخَالِف muḵālif	الْمُخَالِف al-muḵālif	مُخَالِف muḵālif
Nominative	مُخَالِفٌ muḵālifun	الْمُخَالِفُ al-muḵālifu	مُخَالِفُ muḵālifu
Accusative	مُخَالِفًا muḵālifan	الْمُخَالِفَ al-muḵālifa	مُخَالِفَ muḵālifa
Genitive	مُخَالِفٍ muḵālifin	الْمُخَالِفِ al-muḵālifi	مُخَالِفِ muḵālifi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُخَالِفَيْن muḵālifayn	الْمُخَالِفَيْن al-muḵālifayn	مُخَالِفَيْ muḵālifay
Nominative	مُخَالِفَانِ muḵālifāni	الْمُخَالِفَانِ al-muḵālifāni	مُخَالِفَا muḵālifā
Accusative	مُخَالِفَيْنِ muḵālifayni	الْمُخَالِفَيْنِ al-muḵālifayni	مُخَالِفَيْ muḵālifay
Genitive	مُخَالِفَيْنِ muḵālifayni	الْمُخَالِفَيْنِ al-muḵālifayni	مُخَالِفَيْ muḵālifay
Plural	sound masculine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُخَالِفِين muḵālifīn	الْمُخَالِفِين al-muḵālifīn	مُخَالِفِي muḵālifī
Nominative	مُخَالِفُونَ muḵālifūna	الْمُخَالِفُونَ al-muḵālifūna	مُخَالِفُو muḵālifū
Accusative	مُخَالِفِينَ muḵālifīna	الْمُخَالِفِينَ al-muḵālifīna	مُخَالِفِي muḵālifī
Genitive	مُخَالِفِينَ muḵālifīna	الْمُخَالِفِينَ al-muḵālifīna	مُخَالِفِي muḵālifī

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: müxalif
• → Persian: مخالف
  • → Hindi: मुख़ालिफ़ (muxālif)
  • → Urdu: مخالف
• → Ottoman Turkish: مخالف (muhalif)
  • → Turkish: muhalif
• → Uyghur: مۇخالىف (muxalif)
• → Uzbek: muxolif

References

• Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “مخالف”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “مخالف”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “مخالف”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “مخالف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُخَالِف (muḵālif).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.xɑː.lif]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.xɑː.lɪf]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.xɑː.lɪf]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.xɑː.lɪf]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.xɔː.lif]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.xɒː.lef]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.χɔ.lif]

Readings
Classical reading?	muxālif
Dari reading?	muxālif
Iranian reading?	moxâlef
Tajik reading?	muxolif

Noun

Dari	مخالف
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мухолиф

مُخالِف • (moxâlef) (plural مُخالِفان (moxâlefân) or مُخالِف‌ها (moxâlef-hâ))

1. opponent, adversary

   تظاهرات مخالفان رژیم

   tazâhorât-e moxâlefân-e režim

   protests by opponents of the regime

Adjective

مُخالِف • (moxâlef)

1. opposed, contrary, contradictory
2. opposed, defiant

   کی مخالف کمک کردن به فقیران است؟

   ki moxâlef-e komak kardan be faqirân ast?

   Who is opposed to helping the poor?

Related terms

• مُخالِفَت (moxâlefat)

 

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مخالف”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim