مقل
العربية
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مقل¹
verb مَقَلَ · maqala · يَمْقُلُ · مَقْل · مَاقِل
- to look onto, to introspect
- to descend, to run away
- to give a bit to drink at the مُقْلَة (muqla)
noun مَقْل · maql · الْمَقْل · مَقْلٌ
- verbal noun of مَقَلَ (maqala) (form I)
- bottom of a well
مقل²
Where it comes from
Apparently a Dravidian borrowing, compare Telugu మొగలి (mogali), Tamil முசலி (mucali) meaning apart from other things screw pine. Passed also into Jewish Babylonian Aramaic מוקלא and Classical Syriac ܡܘܩܠܐ (muqlā) already witnessed from the 5ᵗʰ century.
noun مُقْل · muql · الْمُقْل · مُقْلٌ
- guggul (Commiphora mukul syn. Commiphora wightii syn. Balsamodendron mukul)
- gingerbread palm (Hyphaene thebaica syn. Palma thebaica)
مقل³
Where it comes from
The active participle of أَقَلَّ (ʔaqalla).
adjective مُقِلّ · muqill · الْمُقِلّ · مُقِلَّة · الْمُقِلَّة
- poor, pauper
In English
Talk about this word "مقل." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%85%D9%82%D9%84. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. مقل. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%85%D9%82%D9%84 "مقل." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%85%D9%82%D9%84.Cite this
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title = {مقل},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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