مستقل

Arabic

Root
ق ل ل (q l l)
15 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of اِسْتَقَلَّ (istaqalla, to be independent).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mus.ta.qill/

Adjective

مُسْتَقِلّ • (mustaqill) (feminine مُسْتَقِلَّة (mustaqilla), masculine plural مُسْتَقِلُّونَ (mustaqillūna), feminine plural مُسْتَقِلَّات (mustaqillāt))

  1. independent
    لُعْبَةٌ مُسْتَقِلَّةٌ هِيَ لُعْبَةٌ يَتِمُّ إِنْشَاؤُهَا مِنْ قِبَلِ فَرْدٍ أَوْ فَرِيقٍ صَغِيرٍ مِنْ دُونِ وُجُودِ دَعْمٍ مَالِيٍّ مِنْ نَاشِرِ أَلْعَابِ فِيدِيُو.
    luʕbatun mustaqillatun hiya luʕbatun yatimmu ʔinšāʔuhā min qibali fardin ʔaw farīqin ṣaḡīrin min dūni wujūdi daʕmin māliyyin min nāširi ʔalʕābi fīdiyū.
    An indie game is a video game created by an individual or a small team without the financial support of a game publisher.
  2. autonomous
  3. separate, distinct, particular

Declension

Declension of adjective مُسْتَقِلّ (mustaqill)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مُسْتَقِلّ
mustaqill
الْمُسْتَقِلّ
al-mustaqill
مُسْتَقِلَّة
mustaqilla
الْمُسْتَقِلَّة
al-mustaqilla
nominative مُسْتَقِلٌّ
mustaqillun
الْمُسْتَقِلُّ
al-mustaqillu
مُسْتَقِلَّةٌ
mustaqillatun
الْمُسْتَقِلَّةُ
al-mustaqillatu
accusative مُسْتَقِلًّا
mustaqillan
الْمُسْتَقِلَّ
al-mustaqilla
مُسْتَقِلَّةً
mustaqillatan
الْمُسْتَقِلَّةَ
al-mustaqillata
genitive مُسْتَقِلٍّ
mustaqillin
الْمُسْتَقِلِّ
al-mustaqilli
مُسْتَقِلَّةٍ
mustaqillatin
الْمُسْتَقِلَّةِ
al-mustaqillati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مُسْتَقِلَّيْن
mustaqillayn
الْمُسْتَقِلَّيْن
al-mustaqillayn
مُسْتَقِلَّتَيْن
mustaqillatayn
الْمُسْتَقِلَّتَيْن
al-mustaqillatayn
nominative مُسْتَقِلَّانِ
mustaqillāni
الْمُسْتَقِلَّانِ
al-mustaqillāni
مُسْتَقِلَّتَانِ
mustaqillatāni
الْمُسْتَقِلَّتَانِ
al-mustaqillatāni
accusative مُسْتَقِلَّيْنِ
mustaqillayni
الْمُسْتَقِلَّيْنِ
al-mustaqillayni
مُسْتَقِلَّتَيْنِ
mustaqillatayni
الْمُسْتَقِلَّتَيْنِ
al-mustaqillatayni
genitive مُسْتَقِلَّيْنِ
mustaqillayni
الْمُسْتَقِلَّيْنِ
al-mustaqillayni
مُسْتَقِلَّتَيْنِ
mustaqillatayni
الْمُسْتَقِلَّتَيْنِ
al-mustaqillatayni
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مُسْتَقِلِّين
mustaqillīn
الْمُسْتَقِلِّين
al-mustaqillīn
مُسْتَقِلَّات
mustaqillāt
الْمُسْتَقِلَّات
al-mustaqillāt
nominative مُسْتَقِلُّونَ
mustaqillūna
الْمُسْتَقِلُّونَ
al-mustaqillūna
مُسْتَقِلَّاتٌ
mustaqillātun
الْمُسْتَقِلَّاتُ
al-mustaqillātu
accusative مُسْتَقِلِّينَ
mustaqillīna
الْمُسْتَقِلِّينَ
al-mustaqillīna
مُسْتَقِلَّاتٍ
mustaqillātin
الْمُسْتَقِلَّاتِ
al-mustaqillāti
genitive مُسْتَقِلِّينَ
mustaqillīna
الْمُسْتَقِلِّينَ
al-mustaqillīna
مُسْتَقِلَّاتٍ
mustaqillātin
الْمُسْتَقِلَّاتِ
al-mustaqillāti

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: müstəqil
  • Kumyk: мустакъил (mustaqil)
  • Persian: مستقل (mostaqell)
  • Ottoman Turkish: مستقل (müstakil)
  • Uyghur: مۇستەقىل (musteqil)
  • Uzbek: mustaqil

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُسْتَقِلّ (mustaqill).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? mustaqil
Dari reading? mustaqil
Iranian reading? mostaġel
Tajik reading? mustaqil

Adjective

Dari مستقل
Iranian Persian
Tajik мустақил

مستقل • (mostaqel)

  1. independent
    Synonym: آزاد (âzâd)
    Antonym: وابسته (vâbaste)
  2. autonomous
  3. separate, distinct, particular

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُسْتَقِل (mustaqil), from Arabic مُسْتَقِلّ (mustaqill).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊs.t̪ə.qɪl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪl
  • Hyphenation: مُس‧تَ‧قِل

Adjective

مُسْتَقِل • (mustaqil) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मुस्तक़िल)

  1. permanent
    Antonym: عارْضی ('ārzī)
  2. firm; fixed; constant, immovable
  3. (by extension) separate, independent
    Antonym: ضِمْنی (zimnī)
  4. (by extension) complete
  5. (rare) durable
  6. (figuratively) steadfast, resolute

See also

Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root ق ل ل (0 c, 2 e)

Further reading

  • مستقل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • مستقل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مستقل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “مستقل”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “مستقل”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “مستقل”, 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