بسمل

Arabic

Etymology

Synthetic quadriliteral verb (Form Iq) derived from the consonants of the phrase بِسْمِ اللّٰه (bismi llāh, “in the name of God”).

Verb

بَسْمَلَ • (basmala) Iq (non-past يُبَسْمِلُ (yubasmilu), verbal noun بَسْمَلَة (basmala))

(Islam) To say: بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ (bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi, “in the name of God the Compassionate, the Merciful”).
(Christianity) To recite the Trinitarian formula (بِاسْمِ الْأَبِ وَالِابْنِ وَالرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ (bi-smi l-ʔabi wa-l-ibni wa-r-rūḥi l-qudusi, “In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit”))

Conjugation

Conjugation of **بَسْمَلَ** (Iq, sound, full passive, verbal noun *بَسْمَلَة*)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					بَسْمَلَة basmala
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					مُبَسْمِل mubasmil
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مُبَسْمَل mubasmal
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	بَسْمَلْتُ basmaltu	بَسْمَلْتَ basmalta	بَسْمَلَ basmala	بَسْمَلْتُمَا basmaltumā	بَسْمَلَا basmalā	بَسْمَلْنَا basmalnā	بَسْمَلْتُمْ basmaltum	بَسْمَلُوا basmalū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	بَسْمَلْتُ basmaltu	بَسْمَلْتِ basmalti	بَسْمَلَتْ basmalat	بَسْمَلْتُمَا basmaltumā	بَسْمَلَتَا basmalatā	بَسْمَلْنَا basmalnā	بَسْمَلْتُنَّ basmaltunna	بَسْمَلْنَ basmalna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُبَسْمِلُ ʔubasmilu	تُبَسْمِلُ tubasmilu	يُبَسْمِلُ yubasmilu	تُبَسْمِلَانِ tubasmilāni	يُبَسْمِلَانِ yubasmilāni	نُبَسْمِلُ nubasmilu	تُبَسْمِلُونَ tubasmilūna	يُبَسْمِلُونَ yubasmilūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُبَسْمِلُ ʔubasmilu	تُبَسْمِلِينَ tubasmilīna	تُبَسْمِلُ tubasmilu	تُبَسْمِلَانِ tubasmilāni	تُبَسْمِلَانِ tubasmilāni	نُبَسْمِلُ nubasmilu	تُبَسْمِلْنَ tubasmilna	يُبَسْمِلْنَ yubasmilna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُبَسْمِلَ ʔubasmila	تُبَسْمِلَ tubasmila	يُبَسْمِلَ yubasmila	تُبَسْمِلَا tubasmilā	يُبَسْمِلَا yubasmilā	نُبَسْمِلَ nubasmila	تُبَسْمِلُوا tubasmilū	يُبَسْمِلُوا yubasmilū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُبَسْمِلَ ʔubasmila	تُبَسْمِلِي tubasmilī	تُبَسْمِلَ tubasmila	تُبَسْمِلَا tubasmilā	تُبَسْمِلَا tubasmilā	نُبَسْمِلَ nubasmila	تُبَسْمِلْنَ tubasmilna	يُبَسْمِلْنَ yubasmilna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُبَسْمِلْ ʔubasmil	تُبَسْمِلْ tubasmil	يُبَسْمِلْ yubasmil	تُبَسْمِلَا tubasmilā	يُبَسْمِلَا yubasmilā	نُبَسْمِلْ nubasmil	تُبَسْمِلُوا tubasmilū	يُبَسْمِلُوا yubasmilū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُبَسْمِلْ ʔubasmil	تُبَسْمِلِي tubasmilī	تُبَسْمِلْ tubasmil	تُبَسْمِلَا tubasmilā	تُبَسْمِلَا tubasmilā	نُبَسْمِلْ nubasmil	تُبَسْمِلْنَ tubasmilna	يُبَسْمِلْنَ yubasmilna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		بَسْمِلْ basmil		بَسْمِلَا basmilā			بَسْمِلُوا basmilū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		بَسْمِلِي basmilī		بَسْمِلَا basmilā			بَسْمِلْنَ basmilna

passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	بُسْمِلْتُ busmiltu	بُسْمِلْتَ busmilta	بُسْمِلَ busmila	بُسْمِلْتُمَا busmiltumā	بُسْمِلَا busmilā	بُسْمِلْنَا busmilnā	بُسْمِلْتُمْ busmiltum	بُسْمِلُوا busmilū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	بُسْمِلْتُ busmiltu	بُسْمِلْتِ busmilti	بُسْمِلَتْ busmilat	بُسْمِلْتُمَا busmiltumā	بُسْمِلَتَا busmilatā	بُسْمِلْنَا busmilnā	بُسْمِلْتُنَّ busmiltunna	بُسْمِلْنَ busmilna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُبَسْمَلُ ʔubasmalu	تُبَسْمَلُ tubasmalu	يُبَسْمَلُ yubasmalu	تُبَسْمَلَانِ tubasmalāni	يُبَسْمَلَانِ yubasmalāni	نُبَسْمَلُ nubasmalu	تُبَسْمَلُونَ tubasmalūna	يُبَسْمَلُونَ yubasmalūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُبَسْمَلُ ʔubasmalu	تُبَسْمَلِينَ tubasmalīna	تُبَسْمَلُ tubasmalu	تُبَسْمَلَانِ tubasmalāni	تُبَسْمَلَانِ tubasmalāni	نُبَسْمَلُ nubasmalu	تُبَسْمَلْنَ tubasmalna	يُبَسْمَلْنَ yubasmalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُبَسْمَلَ ʔubasmala	تُبَسْمَلَ tubasmala	يُبَسْمَلَ yubasmala	تُبَسْمَلَا tubasmalā	يُبَسْمَلَا yubasmalā	نُبَسْمَلَ nubasmala	تُبَسْمَلُوا tubasmalū	يُبَسْمَلُوا yubasmalū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُبَسْمَلَ ʔubasmala	تُبَسْمَلِي tubasmalī	تُبَسْمَلَ tubasmala	تُبَسْمَلَا tubasmalā	تُبَسْمَلَا tubasmalā	نُبَسْمَلَ nubasmala	تُبَسْمَلْنَ tubasmalna	يُبَسْمَلْنَ yubasmalna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُبَسْمَلْ ʔubasmal	تُبَسْمَلْ tubasmal	يُبَسْمَلْ yubasmal	تُبَسْمَلَا tubasmalā	يُبَسْمَلَا yubasmalā	نُبَسْمَلْ nubasmal	تُبَسْمَلُوا tubasmalū	يُبَسْمَلُوا yubasmalū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُبَسْمَلْ ʔubasmal	تُبَسْمَلِي tubasmalī	تُبَسْمَلْ tubasmal	تُبَسْمَلَا tubasmalā	تُبَسْمَلَا tubasmalā	نُبَسْمَلْ nubasmal	تُبَسْمَلْنَ tubasmalna	يُبَسْمَلْنَ yubasmalna

Related terms

بِسْمِ اللّٰه (bismi llāh, “in the name of God”)
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ (bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi, “in the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful”)
حَمْدَلَ (ḥamdala, “To say الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi)”)
حَوْقَلَ (ḥawqala, “To say لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللّٰهِ (lā ḥawla walā quwwata ʔillā bi-l-lāhi)”)
كَبَّرَ (kabbara, “To say the takbir”)

Persian

Etymology

Contraction of (besmellâh, “in the name of God”), which Muslim butchers say before slaughtering animals.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /bis.ˈmil/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪs.mɪ́l]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɪs.mɪ́l]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bis.míl̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bes.mél̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bis.míl]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bismil
Dari reading^?	bismil
Iranian reading^?	besmel
Tajik reading^?	bismil

Adjective

بسمل • (besmel)

(of an animal) slaughtered, butchered
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 259:
  ای غم جانان چو جانم را زبون کردی بدرد
  نیم بسمل مرغ را باری بدان صیاد ده
  ay ġam-i jānān čū jānam rā zabūn kardī ba-dard
  nē-am bismil murġ rā bārē bad-ān sayyād dih
  O [my] grief for the beloved! When you made my soul wretched with pain,
  I was [still] not slaughtered. So give the bird [of my soul] to that hunter!
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
- c. 1860, Mīrzā Ghālib, دیوان غالب دهلوی‎^[1]:
  هوای ساقیی دارم که تاب ذوق رفتارش
  صراحی را چو طاووسان بسمل پرفشان دارد
  hawā-yi sāqīyē dāram ki tāb-i zawq-i raftāraš
  surāhī rā čū tāwūsān-i bismil pur-fišān dārad
  I fancy that wine-pourer, the heat of whose delightful gait
  Keeps the carafe of wine flowing on like [blood from] slaughtered peacocks.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
meek
- c. 1860, Mīrzā Ghālib, دیوان غالب دهلوی‎^[2]:
  غالب از آب و هوای هند بسمل گشت نطق
  خیز تا خود را به اصفاهان و شیراز افگنم
  ġālib az āb u hawā-yi hind bismil gašt nuqt
  xēz tā xwad rā ba isfāhān u šīrāz afganam
  Ghālib! Your speech has grown meek from the climate of India.
  Rise so that I can throw myself to Isfahan and Shiraz!
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

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