амал

See also: Ямал

Eastern Mari

Etymology

From some Turkic language; ultimately from Arabic عَمَل (ʕamal). Compare Azerbaijani amal and Chuvash эмел (emel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈmɑl/
• Rhymes: -ɑl
• Hyphenation: амал

Noun

амал • (amal)

1. cause, reason

   тургыжланаш амал уке

   turgyžlanaš amal uke

   there is no reason for concern

2. excuse, pretext
3. likeness, semblance, form

   пӧртшын амалже веле: кӧргыштыжӧ нимат уке

   pörtšyn amalže veĺe: körgyštyžö ńimat uke

   it's only the likeness of a house, there's nothing on the inside

4. argument, reason

   тиде амал адвокатым шонаш таратыш

   tide amal advokatym šonaš taratyš

   this argument made the lawyer think

5. case, occurrence, occasion

Declension

Declension of амал

		singular	plural
nominative		амал (amal)	амал-влак (amal-vlak)
accusative		амалым (amalym)	амал-влакым (amal-vlakym)
genitive		амалын (amalyn)	амал-влакын (amal-vlakyn)
dative		амаллан (amallan)	амал-влаклан (amal-vlaklan)
comitative		амалге (amalge)	амал-влакге (amal-vlakge)
comparative		амалла (amalla)	амал-влакла (amal-vlakla)
inessive		амалыште (amalyšte)	амал-влакыште (amal-vlakyšte)
illative	short	амалыш (amalyš)	амал-влакыш (amal-vlakyš)
	long	амалышке (amalyške)	амал-влакышке (amal-vlakyške)
lative		амалеш (amaĺeš)	амал-влакеш (amal-vlakeš)

Possessed forms of амал

	singular	plural
1st person	амалем (amaĺem)	амална (amalna)
2nd person	амалет (amaĺet)	амалда (amalda)
3rd person	амалже (amalže)	амалышт (amalyšt)

Derived terms

adjectives

• амалдыме (amaldyme)
• амаллык (amallyk)

References

• J. Bradley et al. (2023), “амал”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna
• Гордеев, Фёдор Иванович (1979), “амал”, in Этимологический словарь марийского языка‎^[1], volume 1, A-B, page 97

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	امال
Cyrillic	амал
Latin	amal

Etymology 1

From Persian عمل, from Arabic عَمَل (ʕamal, “work, action, deed”). Compare to Southern Altai эмил (emil, “dexterity”), etc.

Noun

амал • (amal)

1. method
2. action, operation

Declension

Declension of амал

	singular	plural
nominative	амал (amal)	амалдар (amaldar)
genitive	амалдың (amaldyñ)	амалдардың (amaldardyñ)
dative	амалға (amalğa)	амалдарға (amaldarğa)
accusative	амалды (amaldy)	амалдарды (amaldardy)
locative	амалда (amalda)	амалдарда (amaldarda)
ablative	амалдан (amaldan)	амалдардан (amaldardan)
instrumental	амалмен (amalmen)	амалдармен (amaldarmen)
similative	амалдай (amaldai)	амалдарда (amaldarda)

Synonyms

• айла (aila)
• әдіс (ädıs)
• жол (jol)
• лаж (laj)
• тәсіл (täsıl)
• шара (şara)

Etymology 2

From Arabic حَمَل (ḥamal). Doublet of хамал (xamal).

Noun

амал • (amal)

1. (obsolete) March

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish (Turkish hamal), from Arabic حَمَّال (ḥammāl, “porter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈamaɫ]

Noun

амал • (amal) m

1. porter
2. servant

Anagrams

• лама (lama)
• мала (mala)

West Circassian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aːmaːl]

Noun

амал (amal)

1. method; ability; the mean to do something; a way to do something
2. help, assistance, aid
3. hope

Declension

Declension of амал

case	singular	plural
indefinite	амалэ (amalɛ)	амалэхэ (amalɛxɛ)
nominative	амалэр (amalɛr)	амалэхэр (amalɛxɛr)
ergative	амалэм (amalɛm)	амалэхэмэ (amalɛxɛmɛ)
instrumental	амалэ(м)кӏэ (amalɛ(m)kʼɛ)	амалэхэ(м)кӏэ (amalɛxɛ(m)kʼɛ)
invertive	амалыу (amaləwu)	амалэхыу (amalɛxəwu)