مقال

• IPA^(key): /ma.qaːl/

Verbal noun of قَالَ (qāla, “to say”).

مَقَال • (maqāl) m (plural مَقَالَات (maqālāt))

1. verbal noun of قَالَ (qāla) (form I)
2. (uncountable) speech, utterance; words

   Synonyms: كَلَام (kalām), قَوْل (qawl), مَقَالَة (maqāla)

   خَيْرُ الْمَقَالِ مَا صَدَّقَتْهُ الْفِعَال.

   ḵayru al-maqāli mā ṣaddaqathu l-fiʕāl.

   The best speech is that which actions verify.

   1. (countable) a comment; a remark

      لِكُلِّ مَقَامٍ مَقَالٌ.

      likulli maqāmin maqālun.

      For every place, there is a [proper] remark.

   2. (countable) a formalized opinion, a view, a position

      Synonyms: قَوْل (qawl), رَأْي (raʔy)

3. (countable) an opinion piece, an article; a report, a story; an essay

• → Bashkir: мәҡәл (məqəl, “proverb”)
• → Kazakh: мақал (maqal, “proverb”)
• → Indonesian: makalah (“article”)
• → Swahili: makala (“article, document”)
• → Uzbek: maqol (“proverb”)

Verbal noun of قَالَ (qāla, “to nap”).

مَقَال • (maqāl) m

1. verbal noun of قَالَ (qāla, “to nap; to rest”) (form I)
2. noun of place of قَالَ (qāla): a napping or resting place, a rest