مخالف

Arabic

Root
خ ل ف (ḵ l f)
14 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of خَالَفَ (ḵālafa, “to be different”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mu.xaː.lif/

Adjective

مُخَالِف • (muḵālif)

contrary, disagreeing, opposed
against, anti-

Declension

Declension of adjective **مُخَالِف** (muḵālif)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُخَالِف muḵālif	الْمُخَالِف al-muḵālif	مُخَالِفَة muḵālifa	الْمُخَالِفَة al-muḵālifa
nominative	مُخَالِفٌ muḵālifun	الْمُخَالِفُ al-muḵālifu	مُخَالِفَةٌ muḵālifatun	الْمُخَالِفَةُ al-muḵālifatu
accusative	مُخَالِفًا muḵālifan	الْمُخَالِفَ al-muḵālifa	مُخَالِفَةً muḵālifatan	الْمُخَالِفَةَ al-muḵālifata
genitive	مُخَالِفٍ muḵālifin	الْمُخَالِفِ al-muḵālifi	مُخَالِفَةٍ muḵālifatin	الْمُخَالِفَةِ al-muḵālifati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُخَالِفَيْن muḵālifayn	الْمُخَالِفَيْن al-muḵālifayn	مُخَالِفَتَيْن muḵālifatayn	الْمُخَالِفَتَيْن al-muḵālifatayn
nominative	مُخَالِفَانِ muḵālifāni	الْمُخَالِفَانِ al-muḵālifāni	مُخَالِفَتَانِ muḵālifatāni	الْمُخَالِفَتَانِ al-muḵālifatāni
accusative	مُخَالِفَيْنِ muḵālifayni	الْمُخَالِفَيْنِ al-muḵālifayni	مُخَالِفَتَيْنِ muḵālifatayni	الْمُخَالِفَتَيْنِ al-muḵālifatayni
genitive	مُخَالِفَيْنِ muḵālifayni	الْمُخَالِفَيْنِ al-muḵālifayni	مُخَالِفَتَيْنِ muḵālifatayni	الْمُخَالِفَتَيْنِ al-muḵālifatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	?	?	مُخَالِفَات muḵālifāt	الْمُخَالِفَات al-muḵālifāt
nominative	?	?	مُخَالِفَاتٌ muḵālifātun	الْمُخَالِفَاتُ al-muḵālifātu
accusative	?	?	مُخَالِفَاتٍ muḵālifātin	الْمُخَالِفَاتِ al-muḵālifāti
genitive	?	?	مُخَالِفَاتٍ muḵālifātin	الْمُخَالِفَاتِ al-muḵālifāti

Noun

مُخَالِف • (muḵālif) m (plural مُخَالِفُون (muḵālifūn))

opponent, objector, dissenter

Declension

Declension of noun **مُخَالِف** (muḵālif)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُخَالِف muḵālif	الْمُخَالِف al-muḵālif	مُخَالِف muḵālif
nominative	مُخَالِفٌ muḵālifun	الْمُخَالِفُ al-muḵālifu	مُخَالِفُ muḵālifu
accusative	مُخَالِفًا muḵālifan	الْمُخَالِفَ al-muḵālifa	مُخَالِفَ muḵālifa
genitive	مُخَالِفٍ muḵālifin	الْمُخَالِفِ al-muḵālifi	مُخَالِفِ muḵālifi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُخَالِفَيْن muḵālifayn	الْمُخَالِفَيْن al-muḵālifayn	مُخَالِفَيْ muḵālifay
nominative	مُخَالِفَانِ muḵālifāni	الْمُخَالِفَانِ al-muḵālifāni	مُخَالِفَا muḵālifā
accusative	مُخَالِفَيْنِ muḵālifayni	الْمُخَالِفَيْنِ al-muḵālifayni	مُخَالِفَيْ muḵālifay
genitive	مُخَالِفَيْنِ muḵālifayni	الْمُخَالِفَيْنِ al-muḵālifayni	مُخَالِفَيْ muḵālifay
plural	sound masculine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُخَالِفِين muḵālifīn	الْمُخَالِفِين al-muḵālifīn	مُخَالِفِي muḵālifī
nominative	مُخَالِفُونَ muḵālifūna	الْمُخَالِفُونَ al-muḵālifūna	مُخَالِفُو muḵālifū
accusative	مُخَالِفِينَ muḵālifīna	الْمُخَالِفِينَ al-muḵālifīna	مُخَالِفِي muḵālifī
genitive	مُخَالِفِينَ muḵālifīna	الْمُخَالِفِينَ al-muḵālifīna	مُخَالِفِي muḵālifī

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: müxalif
→ Classical Persian: مُخَالِف (muxālif)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: मुख़ालिफ़ (muxālif)
  Urdu: مُخَالِف (muxālif)
- → Punjabi:
  - Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਖ਼ਾਲਿਫ਼ (muxālif)
  - Shahmukhi script: مُخَالِف (muxālif)
- → Uyghur: مۇخالىف (muxalif)
- → Uzbek: muxolif
→ Ottoman Turkish: مخالف (muhalif)
- → Turkish: muhalif

References

Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “مخالف”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “مخالف”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “مخالف”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
Wehr, Hans (1960) “مخالف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُخَالِف (muḵālif).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.xaː.ˈlif/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.xɑː.lɪf]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.xɑː.lɪf]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.xɔː.lif]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.xɒː.lef]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.χɔ.lif]

Readings
Classical reading^?	muxālif
Dari reading^?	muxālif
Iranian reading^?	moxâlef
Tajik reading^?	muxolif

Noun


Iranian Persian	مخالف
Dari	مخالف
Tajik	мухолиф

مُخالِف • (moxâlef) (plural مُخالِفان (moxâlefân), or مُخالِف‌ها (moxâlef-hâ))

opponent, adversary
tazâhorât-e moxâlefân-e režim
protests by opponents of the regime

Adjective

مُخالِف • (moxâlef)

opposed, opposite
― jens-e moxâlef ― opposite gender
contrary, contradictory
opposed, defiant
ki moxâlef-e komak kardan be faqirân ast?
Who is opposed to helping the poor?

Related terms

مُخالِفَت (moxâlefat)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: मुख़ालिफ़ (muxālif)

Urdu: مُخَالِف (muxālif)
→ Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਖ਼ਾਲਿਫ਼ (muxālif)
- Shahmukhi script: مُخَالِف (muxālif)
→ Uyghur: مۇخالىف (muxalif)
→ Uzbek: muxolif

Arabic

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References

Persian

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