امل

See also: أمل, آمل, and اَمل

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَمَل (ʔamal)

Noun

امل • (emel)

1. hope
2. desire (feeling of desiring)
3. goal, desire (someone or something wished for)

Descendants

• Turkish: emel

References

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “emel”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “امل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 147b

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمَل (ʔamal).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.ˈmal]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mǽl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mǽl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mǽl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mǽl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.mǽl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mǽl]

Readings
Classical reading?	amal
Dari reading?	amal
Iranian reading?	amal
Tajik reading?	amal

Noun

Dari	امل
Iranian Persian
Tajik	амал

امل • (amal) (plural آمال (âmâl))

1. (literary) hope

   Synonym: امید (omid)

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əməlᵊ/
• Rhymes: -əlᵊ

Noun

اَمَل • (amal) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਅਮਲ)

1. addiction, habit

   Synonym: نَشَہ (naśah)

   امَل اِکّ روگ اے۔

   اmal īkk rog اe.

   Addiction is a disease.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian امل (amal), from Arabic أَمَل (ʔamal).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.məl/
• Rhymes: -əl

Noun

اَمَل • (amal) m (formal plural آمال (āmāl), Hindi spelling अमल)

1. hope, expectation

   Synonym: توقع (tavaqqo')

References

• “امل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “امل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.