امل

See also: أمل, آمل, and اَمل

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَمَل (ʔamal)

Noun

امل • (emel)

  1. hope
  2. desire (feeling of desiring)
  3. goal, desire (someone or something wished for)

Descendants

  • Turkish: emel

References

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “emel”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “امل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 147b

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمَل (ʔamal).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? amal
Dari reading? amal
Iranian reading? amal
Tajik reading? amal

Noun

Dari امل
Iranian Persian
Tajik амал

امل • (amal) (plural آمال (âmâl))

  1. (literary) hope
    Synonym: امید (omid)

Punjabi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əməlᵊ/
  • Rhymes: -əlᵊ

Noun

اَمَل • (amal) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਅਮਲ)

  1. addiction, habit
    Synonym: نَشَہ (naśah)
    امَل اِکّ روگ اے۔
    Addiction is a disease.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian امل (amal), from Arabic أَمَل (ʔamal).

Pronunciation

Noun

اَمَل • (amal) m (formal plural آمال (āmāl), Hindi spelling अमल)

  1. hope, expectation
    Synonym: توقع (tavaqqo')

References

  • “امل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “امل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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