مآل

Arabic

Root
ء و ل (ʔ w l)
16 terms

Etymology

From مَـ (ma-, “prefix used to create nouns of place”) +‎ آل (ʔāl, “to return”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʔaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

مَآل • (maʔāl) m

1. end, result, outcome, consequence

Declension

Declension of noun مَآل (maʔāl)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَآل maʔāl	الْمَآل al-maʔāl	مَآل maʔāl
nominative	مَآلٌ maʔālun	الْمَآلُ al-maʔālu	مَآلُ maʔālu
accusative	مَآلًا maʔālan	الْمَآلَ al-maʔāla	مَآلَ maʔāla
genitive	مَآلٍ maʔālin	الْمَآلِ al-maʔāli	مَآلِ maʔāli

Descendants

• → Persian: مَآل
  • → Urdu: مَآل (maāl)

Urdu

Alternative forms

• مال (māl) — misspelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَآل (maāl), Arabic مَآل (maʔāl), from مَـ (ma-, “prefix used to create nouns of place”) +‎ آل (ʔāl, “to return”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mə.ɑːl/

Noun

مَآل • (maāl) m (formal plural مَآلات (maālāt), Hindi spelling मआल)

1. result, consequence, place of return, end

Declension

Declension of مآل

	singular	plural
direct	مَآل (maāl)	مَآل (maāl)
oblique	مَآل (maāl)	مَآلوں (maālõ)
vocative	مَآل (maāl)	مَآلو (maālo)

Further reading

• “مآل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مآل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “مآل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “مآل”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834), “مآل”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC