مرحلة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ر ح ل (r-ḥ-l).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mar.ħa.la/
  • (file)

Noun

مَرْحَلَة (marḥala) f (plural مَرَاحِل (marāḥil))

  1. phase, stage
  2. (sports) round
  3. (obsolete, Ancient Arabia) a linear measure – 46.080 km
  4. (obsolete, Saudi-Arabia until 1964) a linear measure, 8 فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ) – 19.320 km

Declension

Descendants
  • Persian: مرحله (marhale)

References

  • Cardarelli, François (2003) Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. Their SI Equivalences and Origins, London: Springer, →ISBN, pages 135, 436
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), مرحلة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 517
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