عامل

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕaː.ma.la/

Verb

عَامَلَ (ʿāmala) III, non-past يُعَامِلُ‎ (yuʿāmilu)

  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 (ʿamila, to do, to act, to work), from the root ع م ل (ʿ-m-l).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕaː.mil/
  • (file)

Adjective

عَامِل (ʿāmil)

  1. active, effective
Declension

Noun

عَامِل (ʿāmil) m (plural عَوَامِل (ʿawāmil))

  1. factor, constituent, element, causative agent
  2. motive power
  3. (grammar) word that governs another word
Declension

Noun

عَامِل (ʿāmil) m (plural عَامِلُونَ (ʿāmilūna) or عُمَّال (ʿummāl) or عَمَلَة (ʿamala), feminine عَامِلَة (ʿāmila))

  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 Arabic عَامِل (ʿāmil).

Noun

عامل ('âmel) (plural عوامل ('avâmel))

  1. factor
  2. agent
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