قفل

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قفل

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From the root ق ف ل (q f l). The word for a lock is presumed to be from Aramaic קוּפְלָא / ܩܘܼܦ݂ܠܵܐ (qup̄lā, “bolt; bond”) and the verbs “to lock” denominal verbs; to be separated from genuine meanings related to drying, withering up and the returning from a journey related by the idea of retraction or folding-up (leaves as well as belongings; mind also the well-known قَافِلَة (qāfila, “caravan”)), while the meanings of amassing and usuring are derived from perhaps both by the idea of locking up belongings or returning with riches. And the Aramaic is derived by Brockelmann, Asatrian, and Toll from Latin cōpula, but Diem deems this daring and CAL to be rejected, and instead related to the root ܟ ܒ ܠ related to binding whence ܟܒܠܐ (kaḇlā, “fetter”).

verb قَفَلَ · qafala · يَقْفِلُ · يَقْفُلُ · قُفُول

to return from a journey
to carry on a usurious grain trade

verb قَفَلَ · qafala · يَقْفِلُ · قَفْل · قَافِل

transitive to lock, lock up
to collect, to gather, to amass, to foredeal

verb قَفَلَ · qafala · يَقْفُلُ · قَفْل · قَفِلَ · qafila

to dry up, to wither

verb قَفَّلَ · qaffala · يُقَفِّلُ · تَقْفِيل · مُقَفِّل

transitive to lock, to lock up قَفَّلَ الْأَبْوَابَ

noun قَفْل · qafl · الْقَفْل · قَفْلٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of قَفَلَ (qafala, “to lock, gather, dry up”) (form I)
noun from verb verbal noun of قَفِلَ (qafila, “to dry up”) (form I)

noun IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: · qufl · قُفْل · أَقْفَال · أَقْفُل

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lock, bolt
a lock, such as a mutex

noun قَفَل · qafal · الْقَفَل · قَفَلٌ

dialectal kafal (Commiphora kua syn. Commiphora abyssinica and Commiphora erythraea and Commiphora myrrha)
Similar: بيلسان, مُرّ

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lock something used for fastening

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {قفل},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D9%81%D9%84},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}