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عطل

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

verb

  1. to lack (مِن (min) something)
  2. to be unemployed, to be idle
  3. to be unadorned
  4. to be tall
  5. to be spoiled, to be no longer of use
  6. to neglect
  7. to make unemployed, to leave idle
  8. to damage, to destroy, to devastate, to ruin, to render inoperable
  9. to deprive of one's property
  10. to deprive of adornments
  11. to empty
  12. to free
  13. to hinder
  14. to obstruct
  15. to interrupt
  16. to suspend (a publication)
  17. to turn off (an engine, etc.)
  18. to close (a store, an office, etc.)
  19. to injure, to cause loss (عَلَى (ʕalā) to)
  20. to lend at interest

Etymology

Causative of عَطِلَ (ʕaṭila).

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