اعمال

See also: إعمال and أعمال

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic إِعْمَال (ʔiʕmāl).

Noun

اعمال • (i'mal or imal) (definite accusative اعمالی (i'mali))

1. manufacturing
2. working

   اعمال فكر ایتمك ― i'mal-i fikr etmek ― to be preoccupied

Descendants

• Turkish: imal

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “i'mal”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اعمال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 114

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic إِعْمَال (ʔiʕmāl).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	i'māl
Dari reading?	e'māl
Iranian reading?	e'mâl
Tajik reading?	eʾmol

Noun

اعمال • (e'mâl)

1. use, application (of a force, a power)

   اعمال زور ― e'mâl-e zur ― use of force

   اعمال نفوذ ― e'mâl-e nofuz ― exerting influence

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic أَعْمَال (ʔaʕmāl).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʔ.mɑ́ːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.mɑ́ːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.mɔ́ːl̥]

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	a'māl
Dari reading?	a'māl
Iranian reading?	a'mâl
Tajik reading?	aʾmol

Noun

اعمال • (a'mâl)

1. plural of عمل (amal)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “اعمال”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “اعمال”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim