أهل

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أهل¹

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From Proto-Semitic *ʔahl-.

noun أَهْل · ʔahl · ʔahlūna · أَهَالِي · الْأَهْل

  1. family, household; people, kinfolk, relations

    Similar: أُسْرَة, آل

  2. dated wife عن ابن عباس، في قوله: ﴿لِيَسْتَأْذِنْكُمُ الَّذِينَ مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ﴾ يقول: إذا خلا الرجل بأهله بعد صلاة العشاء، فلا يدخل عليه خادم ولا صبيّ إلا بإذن حتى يصلي الغداة، فإذا خلا بأهله عند صلاة الظهر فمثل ذلك.
  3. adherents أَهْل الْحَدِيث
  4. experts أَهْل الطِّبّ
  5. inhabitants أَهْل الْقَرْيَة

verb أَهَلَ · ʔahala · يَأْهِلُ · يَأْهُلُ · أُهُول

  1. to get married

verb أَهِلَ · أَهَلَ · ʔahila · ʔahala · يَأْهَلُ · أَهَل

  1. to be on familiar terms
  2. transitive to become accustomed to (a place)

verb يُؤْهَلُ · أُهِلَ · ʔuhila · أُهُول · أَهَلَ · ʔahala

  1. passive, stative to be inhabited, be populated

adjective أَهْل · ʔahl

  1. deserving, worthy
  2. fit, suited, qualified, eligible, competent

noun أَهَل · ʔahal · الْأَهَل · أَهَلٌ

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of أَهِلَ (ʔahila) (form I)
  2. noun from verb verbal noun of أَهَلَ (ʔahala) (form I)
  3. familiarization (with)
  4. accustomization (to a place)

verb أَهَّلَ · ʔahhala · يُؤَهِّلُ · تَأْهِيل · مُؤَهِّل

  1. to qualify, to empower, to make capable, to make fit, to make suited, to habilitate
  2. to deem suited, to consider fit, to judge worthy

أهل²

verb أَهَلَّ · ʔahalla · يُهِلُّ · إِهْلَال · مُهِلّ

  1. to begin, to come to light
  2. to bring, to offer

In English

  • train to improve one's fitness
  • family immediate family [as a group], e.g. parents and their children
  • people a person's ancestors, relatives or family
  • kin relatives collectively
  • resident person living at a location or an area
  • inhabitant someone or thing who lives in a place
  • thrive to prosper by industry

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {أهل},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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