شغل

See also: شعل, سعل, and ش غ ل

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ش غ ل (š-ḡ-l).

Verb

شَغَلَ (šaḡala) I, non-past يَشْغَلُ‎ (yašḡalu)

  1. to occupy, to busy, to preoccupy
  2. to give trouble, to distract, to divert
  3. to occupy, to hold (office)
  4. to engage

Conjugation

Verb

شَغَّلَ (šaḡḡala) II, non-past يُشَغِّلُ‎ (yušaḡḡilu)

  1. to occupy, to busy, to engage, to engross
  2. to employ, to put to work
  3. to operate, to run
  4. to produce, to manufacture, to fabricate
  5. to invest

Conjugation

Noun

شُغْل (šuḡl) m (plural أَشْغَال (ʾašḡāl) or شُغُول (šuḡūl))

  1. verbal noun of شَغَلَ (šaḡala) (form I)
  2. occupancy, filling, taking up
  3. detention, prevention, distraction
  4. occupation, activity
  5. work, job, business, concern

Declension

Noun

شَغْل (šaḡl) m

  1. verbal noun of شَغَلَ (šaḡala) (form I)

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833), شغل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 432
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), شغل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1567
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), شغل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 556

Egyptian Arabic

Noun

شغل (shughl) ?

  1. work, occupation

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic

Noun

شغل (šoğl)

  1. job
  2. work

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian شغل, from Arabic

Noun

شغل (šuğl) m

  1. job
  2. work
  3. occupation
  4. business
  5. labor
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