منزل

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ن ز ل (n-z-l)

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun of place from the verb نَزَلَ (nazala).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /man.zil/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

مَنْزِل (manzilm (plural مَنَازِل (manāzil))

  1. house, dwelling
    أَشْعُرُ بِالرَّاحَةِ وَالْأَمَانِ فِي مَنْزِلِي الْجَدِيدِ.
    ʔašʕuru bi-r-rāḥati wālʔamāni fī manzilī l-jadīdi.
    I feel comfort and security in my new home.
  2. (obsolete) place where one dismounts, halts a journey
  3. (obsolete) a temporary stop for travellers, lodging house, way station, hotel, inn
  4. (obsolete) relay point on a road
  5. one of the twenty-eight stations of the moon
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Etymology 2[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

مُنَزِّل (munazzil) (feminine مُنَزِّلَة (munazzila), masculine plural مُنَزِّلُونَ (munazzilūna), feminine plural مُنَزِّلَات (munazzilāt))

  1. active participle of نَزَّلَ (nazzala)
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Etymology 3[edit]

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مُنَزَّل (munazzal) (feminine مُنَزَّلَة (munazzala), masculine plural مُنَزَّلُونَ (munazzalūna), feminine plural مُنَزَّلَات (munazzalāt))

  1. passive participle of نَزَّلَ (nazzala)
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Etymology 4[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

مُنْزِل (munzil) (feminine مُنْزِلَة (munzila), masculine plural مُنْزِلُونَ (munzilūna), feminine plural مُنْزِلَات (munzilāt))

  1. active participle of أَنْزَلَ (ʔanzala)
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Etymology 5[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

مُنْزَل (munzal) (feminine مُنْزَلَة (munzala), masculine plural مُنْزَلُونَ (munzalūna), feminine plural مُنْزَلَات (munzalāt))

  1. passive participle of أَنْزَلَ (ʔanzala)
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References[edit]

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نزل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Old Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَنْزِل (manzil), from Arabic مَنْزِل (manzil, house, dwelling).

Noun[edit]

مَنْزِل (manzilm

  1. abode; place of stay
  2. (Sufism, by extension) a devotee's abode in a journey
    • 1421, بَنْدَہ نَواز (banda navāz)Banda Nawaz, مِعْراج اُلْعَاشِقِین (mi'rāj ul'āśiqīn), page 23:
      وَہَاں سے دُسْرا مَلْکُوت کی مَنْزِل سَوں سَیر کَر کَر مُمْکِن، مُمْکِن کے شَہَر مَیں جا کَر پُوچھے۔
      vahā̃ se dusrā malkūt kī manzil sa͠u sair kar kar mumkin, mumkin ke śahar ma͠i jā kar pūche.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Further reading[edit]

  • منزل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْزِل (manzil).

Noun[edit]

منزل (menzil)

  1. house, inn, stopping place on a journey
  2. the distance traveled in a day
  3. the range of a projectile

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Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْزِل (manzil).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? manzil
Dari reading? manzil
Iranian reading? manzel
Tajik reading? manzil

Noun[edit]

Dari مَنزِل
Iranian Persian
Tajik манзил

مَنزِل (manzel) (plural مَنازِل (manâzel) or منزل‌ها (manzel-hâ))

  1. house; dwelling; residence
    Synonym: خانه (xâne)
    مدرسه در منزلmadrese dar manzelhomeschooling
    منزلتان کجاست؟manzel-etân kojâ-st?Where is your house?
    اجاره بهای منزلejâre bahâ-ye manzelhouse rental fee
    در منزل آسایش کردم.dar manzel âsâyeš kardam.I relaxed at home.
  2. temporary stop for travellers; lodging house, way station
  3. (figurative) destination; goal
  4. (figurative) stage; degree

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Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَنزِل (manzil), from Arabic مَنْزِل (manzil, house, dwelling). First attested in c. 1421 as Old Hindi مَنْزِل (manzil, abode).

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Noun[edit]

مَنْزِل (manzilm (formal plural مَنازِل (manāzil), Hindi spelling मंज़िल)

  1. storey, floor (of any building)
  2. destination (of a journey)
  3. house; abode
  4. (figuratively) a line

Declension[edit]

Declension of منزل
singular plural
direct مَنْزِل (manzil) مَنْزِلیں (manzilẽ)
oblique مَنْزِل (manzil) مَنْزِلوں (manzilõ)
vocative مَنْزِل (manzil) مَنْزِلو (manzilo)

Further reading[edit]

  • منزل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • منزل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “منزل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 612
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “منزل”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1122
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “منزل”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1076
  • John Shakespear (1834) “منزل”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1685