محال

See also: مجال

Arabic

Etymology 1

    Passive participle of أَحَالَ (ʔaḥāla).

    Adjective

    مُحَال • (muḥāl) (feminine مُحَالَة (muḥāla), masculine plural مُحَالُون (muḥālūn), feminine plural مُحَالَات (muḥālāt))

    1. impossible
      دَوَامُ ٱلْحَالِ مِنَ ٱلْمُحَالِ
      dawāmu l-ḥāli mina l-muḥāli
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Declension
    Declension of adjective مُحَال (muḥāl)
    singular masculine feminine
    basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    informal مُحَال
    muḥāl     		الْمُحَال
    al-muḥāl     		مُحَالَة
    muḥāla     		الْمُحَالَة
    al-muḥāla
    nominative مُحَالٌ
    muḥālun     		الْمُحَالُ
    al-muḥālu     		مُحَالَةٌ
    muḥālatun     		الْمُحَالَةُ
    al-muḥālatu
    accusative مُحَالًا
    muḥālan     		الْمُحَالَ
    al-muḥāla     		مُحَالَةً
    muḥālatan     		الْمُحَالَةَ
    al-muḥālata
    genitive مُحَالٍ
    muḥālin     		الْمُحَالِ
    al-muḥāli     		مُحَالَةٍ
    muḥālatin     		الْمُحَالَةِ
    al-muḥālati
    dual masculine feminine
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    informal مُحَالَيْن
    muḥālayn     		الْمُحَالَيْن
    al-muḥālayn     		مُحَالَتَيْن
    muḥālatayn     		الْمُحَالَتَيْن
    al-muḥālatayn
    nominative مُحَالَانِ
    muḥālāni     		الْمُحَالَانِ
    al-muḥālāni     		مُحَالَتَانِ
    muḥālatāni     		الْمُحَالَتَانِ
    al-muḥālatāni
    accusative مُحَالَيْنِ
    muḥālayni     		الْمُحَالَيْنِ
    al-muḥālayni     		مُحَالَتَيْنِ
    muḥālatayni     		الْمُحَالَتَيْنِ
    al-muḥālatayni
    genitive مُحَالَيْنِ
    muḥālayni     		الْمُحَالَيْنِ
    al-muḥālayni     		مُحَالَتَيْنِ
    muḥālatayni     		الْمُحَالَتَيْنِ
    al-muḥālatayni
    plural masculine feminine
    sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    informal مُحَالِين
    muḥālīn     		الْمُحَالِين
    al-muḥālīn     		مُحَالَات
    muḥālāt     		الْمُحَالَات
    al-muḥālāt
    nominative مُحَالُونَ
    muḥālūna     		الْمُحَالُونَ
    al-muḥālūna     		مُحَالَاتٌ
    muḥālātun     		الْمُحَالَاتُ
    al-muḥālātu
    accusative مُحَالِينَ
    muḥālīna     		الْمُحَالِينَ
    al-muḥālīna     		مُحَالَاتٍ
    muḥālātin     		الْمُحَالَاتِ
    al-muḥālāti
    genitive مُحَالِينَ
    muḥālīna     		الْمُحَالِينَ
    al-muḥālīna     		مُحَالَاتٍ
    muḥālātin     		الْمُحَالَاتِ
    al-muḥālāti

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    مَحَالّ • (maḥāll) pl

    1. plural of مَحَلّ (maḥall)

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    مَحَال • (maḥāl) m

    1. alternative form of مُحْل (muḥl, “block and tackle”)
    Declension
    Declension of noun مَحَال (maḥāl)
    singular basic singular triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal مَحَال
    maḥāl     		الْمَحَال
    al-maḥāl     		مَحَال
    maḥāl
    nominative مَحَالٌ
    maḥālun     		الْمَحَالُ
    al-maḥālu     		مَحَالُ
    maḥālu
    accusative مَحَالًا
    maḥālan     		الْمَحَالَ
    al-maḥāla     		مَحَالَ
    maḥāla
    genitive مَحَالٍ
    maḥālin     		الْمَحَالِ
    al-maḥāli     		مَحَالِ
    maḥāli

    Persian

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic مُحَال (muḥāl).

      Pronunciation

       

      Readings
      Classical reading? muhāl
      Dari reading? mohāl
      Iranian reading? mohâl
      Tajik reading? muhol

      Adjective

      محال • (mohâl) (comparative محال‌تَر, superlative محال‌تَرین)

      1. impossible
        Synonym: غیر ممکن
        Antonym: ممکن (momken)
        • (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name), Luke 18:27:
          عیسی پاسخ داد: «آنچه نزد مردم محال است، نزد خدا ممکن است.»
          Jesus answered: “The things impossible with men are possible with God.”

      Inflection

      Predicative forms of محال (mohâl)
      singular plural
      1st person
      (“I am, we are”)       		محالم (mohâlam) محالیم (mohâlim)
      2nd person
      (“you are”)       		محالی (mohâli) محالید، محالین△ (mohâlid, mohâlin△)
      3rd person
      (“he/she/it is, they are”)       		محال است، محاله△ (mohâl ast, mohâle△) محالند، محالن△ (mohâland, mohâlan△)

      △ Colloquial.

      Urdu

      Etymology

        Etymology tree
        Arabic أَحَالَ (ʔaḥāla)
        Arabic مُحَال (muḥāl)bor.
        Classical Persian مُحَال (muhāl)bor.
        Urdu مُحَال (muhāl)

        Borrowed from Classical Persian مُحَال (muhāl), borrowed from Arabic مُحَال (muḥāl), from أَحَالَ (ʔaḥāla). First attested in c. 1657 as Middle Hindi محال (mḥal /⁠muhāl⁠/).[1]

        Pronunciation

        • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊ.ɦɑːl/, [mo.ɦɑːl]
        • Rhymes: -ɑːl
        • Hyphenation: مُ‧حَال

        Adjective

        مُحَال • (muhāl) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मुहाल)

        1. impossible; extremely difficult
        2. impractical
        3. absurd

        References

        1. ^ “محال”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

        Further reading

        • “محال”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
        • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “محال”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
        • Platts, John T. (1884) “محال”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
        • S. W. Fallon (1879) “محال”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
        • John Shakespear (1834) “محال”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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