عامل

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Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ع م ل (ʕ-m-l); compare عَمِلَ (ʕamila, to do, to work).

Pronunciation

Verb

عَامَلَ (ʕāmala) III, non-past يُعَامِلُ‎ (yuʕāmilu)

  1. (transitive) to do business with
  2. to act in common with
  3. (transitive) to treat (in such and such a way)
Conjugation
References

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of عَمِلَ (ʕamila, to do, to act, to work), from the root ع م ل (ʕ-m-l).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕaː.mil/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

عَامِل (ʕāmil)

  1. active, effective
Declension

Noun

عَامِل (ʕāmilm (plural عَوَامِل (ʕawāmil))

  1. factor, constituent, element, causative agent
  2. (mathematics) factor (e.g. 6 is a factor of 24)
  3. motive power
  4. (grammar) word that governs another word
Declension

Noun

عَامِل (ʕāmilm (plural عَامِلُونَ (ʕāmilūna) or عُمَّال (ʕummāl) or عَمَلَة (ʕamala), feminine عَامِلَة (ʕāmila))

  1. worker, workman, laborer
  2. wage earner, employee
  3. maker, producer, manufacturer
  4. perpetrator, doer, author
  5. governor, lieutenant, vicegerent
  6. administrative officer, prefect, district president
Declension

References

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

Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic عَامِل (ʕāmil).

Noun

عامل ('âmel) (plural عوامل ('avâmel))

  1. factor
  2. agent