بخل

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Arabic

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Root
ب خ ل (b ḵ l)
3 terms

Verb

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بَخِلَ (baḵila) I (non-past يَبْخَلُ (yabḵalu), verbal noun بُخْل (buḵl) or بَخَل (baḵal))
بَخُلَ (baḵula) I (non-past يَبْخُلُ (yabḵulu), verbal noun بُخْل (buḵl) or بَخَل (baḵal))

  1. to be stingy
  2. to withhold

Conjugation

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Noun

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بُخْل or بَخَل or بَخْل (buḵl or baḵal or baḵlm

  1. avarice, stinginess
  2. unlawful or immoral withholding of property
  3. refusal to do what is legally obliged

References

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic بُخْل (buḵl).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? buxl
Dari reading? buxl
Iranian reading? boxl
Tajik reading? buxl

Noun

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بخل (boxl)

  1. avarice, stinginess
  2. envy, jealousy

Further reading

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