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شغل

Pronunciation: /ʃa.ɣa.la/

“شغل” is an Arabic word. Its 20 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to occupy, to keep busy
  2. to preoccupy, to trouble (someone)
  3. to distract, to divert
  4. to occupy, to hold (a position, an office)
  5. to take up, to occupy (space)
  6. to engage (one's attention, enemy forces, etc.)
  7. to occupy oneself, to be busy
  8. to be occupied [with بِ (bi) ‘by a building, etc.’] (of an area)
  9. to be distracted
  10. to occupy, to busy, to engage (someone)
  11. to employ, to put to work (someone)
  12. to operate, to run, to start (a machine)
  13. to operate, to run, to keep in service, to maintain (a machine, a public utility, etc.)
  14. to produce, to manufacture, to fabricate
  15. to invest

noun

  1. occupancy, filling, taking up
  2. detention, prevention, distraction
  3. occupation, activity
  4. work, job, business, concern
  5. work
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