مقابل
Appearance
Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from the active participle of قَابَلَ (qābala).
Pronunciation
[edit]Preposition
[edit]مُقابِل • (muqābil)
- in return for, in exchange for, as a compensation for
- against, vis-à-vis, face-to-face with
Descendants
[edit]- → Azerbaijani: müqabil
- → Ottoman Turkish: مقابل (mukabil)
- Turkish: mukabil
- → Persian: مقابل (moqâbel)
- → Uyghur: مۇقابىل (muqabil)
- → Uzbek: muqobil
References
[edit]Hijazi Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic مُقَابِل (muqābil).
Pronunciation
[edit]Preposition
[edit]مقابل • (mugābil)
- in front of
- in return for, in exchange for, as a compensation for
Persian
[edit]Dari | مقابل |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | муқобил |
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic مُقَابِل (muqābil), from قَابَلَ (qābala).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [mu.qaː.βil]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mo.ʁɒː.bel̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mu.qɔ.bil]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | muqāḇil |
Dari reading? | muqābil |
Iranian reading? | moġâbel |
Tajik reading? | muqobil |
Adjective
[edit]مقابل • (muqābil / moġâbel)
- vis-à-vis, face to face, opposite
- Synonym: رو به رو (rō ba rō / ru be ru)
- corresponding
- equal, equivalent
Noun
[edit]مقابل • (muqābil / moġâbel)
- equivalent, counterpart (equal in value)
- rival, antagonist, adversary
Preposition
[edit]مقابل • (muqābil / moġâbel) (typically with ezafe)
- opposite, vis-à-vis of
- دکان من مقابل خانهٔ شما است.
- dukān-i man muqābil-i xāna-yi šumā ast.
dokân-e man moġâbel-e xâne-ye šomâ ast. - my house is opposite of your house.
- dukān-i man muqābil-i xāna-yi šumā ast.
- in exchange for
Derived terms
[edit]verbs
- مقابل شدن (muqābil šudan / moġâbel šodan)
- مقابل کردن (muqābil kardan / moġâbel kardan)
Further reading
[edit]- Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “مقابِل”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مقابل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “مقابل”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- “مقابل”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژهجو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2024
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- Hijazi Arabic terms belonging to the root ق ب ل
- Hijazi Arabic terms inherited from Arabic
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- Persian terms borrowed from Arabic
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