ثقل
Pronunciation: /θa.qu.la/
“ثقل” is an Arabic word. Its 20 meanings in English:
verb
- to be heavy
- to be or become pregnant
- to become severe (of an illness)
- to deteriorate (of one's hearing, etc.)
- to be slurred (of speech)
- to be burdensome, to be oppressive
- to be difficult
- to be sluggish, to be dull-witted
- to be too sluggish, to be slow
- to be too dull-witted
- to load, to burden, to make heavy
- to weigh; to determine the weight of an object
- to be heavier than, to outweigh
- to make (something) heavy
- to burden
- to ask too much of, to overburden
- to bother, to trouble
noun
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ṯql (“to weigh; burden, weight”). Cognate with Hebrew שקל and Aramaic תקל.
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