مشغول

Arabic

Root
ش غ ل (š ḡ l)
15 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of شَغَلَ (šaḡala, to occupy, to keep busy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʃ.ɣuːl/
  • Rhymes: -uːl

Adjective

مَشْغُول • (mašḡūl) (feminine مَشْغُولَة (mašḡūla), masculine plural مَشْغُولُونَ (mašḡūlūna), feminine plural مَشْغُولَات (mašḡūlāt))

  1. busy
  2. distracted
  3. occupied (telephone line, seat, etc.)

Declension

Declension of adjective مَشْغُول (mašḡūl)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مَشْغُول
mašḡūl
الْمَشْغُول
al-mašḡūl
مَشْغُولَة
mašḡūla
الْمَشْغُولَة
al-mašḡūla
nominative مَشْغُولٌ
mašḡūlun
الْمَشْغُولُ
al-mašḡūlu
مَشْغُولَةٌ
mašḡūlatun
الْمَشْغُولَةُ
al-mašḡūlatu
accusative مَشْغُولًا
mašḡūlan
الْمَشْغُولَ
al-mašḡūla
مَشْغُولَةً
mašḡūlatan
الْمَشْغُولَةَ
al-mašḡūlata
genitive مَشْغُولٍ
mašḡūlin
الْمَشْغُولِ
al-mašḡūli
مَشْغُولَةٍ
mašḡūlatin
الْمَشْغُولَةِ
al-mašḡūlati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مَشْغُولَيْن
mašḡūlayn
الْمَشْغُولَيْن
al-mašḡūlayn
مَشْغُولَتَيْن
mašḡūlatayn
الْمَشْغُولَتَيْن
al-mašḡūlatayn
nominative مَشْغُولَانِ
mašḡūlāni
الْمَشْغُولَانِ
al-mašḡūlāni
مَشْغُولَتَانِ
mašḡūlatāni
الْمَشْغُولَتَانِ
al-mašḡūlatāni
accusative مَشْغُولَيْنِ
mašḡūlayni
الْمَشْغُولَيْنِ
al-mašḡūlayni
مَشْغُولَتَيْنِ
mašḡūlatayni
الْمَشْغُولَتَيْنِ
al-mašḡūlatayni
genitive مَشْغُولَيْنِ
mašḡūlayni
الْمَشْغُولَيْنِ
al-mašḡūlayni
مَشْغُولَتَيْنِ
mašḡūlatayni
الْمَشْغُولَتَيْنِ
al-mašḡūlatayni
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مَشْغُولِين
mašḡūlīn
الْمَشْغُولِين
al-mašḡūlīn
مَشْغُولَات
mašḡūlāt
الْمَشْغُولَات
al-mašḡūlāt
nominative مَشْغُولُونَ
mašḡūlūna
الْمَشْغُولُونَ
al-mašḡūlūna
مَشْغُولَاتٌ
mašḡūlātun
الْمَشْغُولَاتُ
al-mašḡūlātu
accusative مَشْغُولِينَ
mašḡūlīna
الْمَشْغُولِينَ
al-mašḡūlīna
مَشْغُولَاتٍ
mašḡūlātin
الْمَشْغُولَاتِ
al-mašḡūlāti
genitive مَشْغُولِينَ
mašḡūlīna
الْمَشْغُولِينَ
al-mašḡūlīna
مَشْغُولَاتٍ
mašḡūlātin
الْمَشْغُولَاتِ
al-mašḡūlāti

Descendants

Azerbaijani

Adjective

مشغول

  1. Arabic spelling of məşğul

Egyptian Arabic

Adjective

مشغول • (mašḡūl) (feminine مشغولة)

  1. busy, occupied

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَشْغُول (mašḡūl, busy, occupied).

Adjective

مشغول • (meşgul) (feminine مشغوله (meşgule))

  1. busy, occupied, engaged, intent, engrossed, having a great deal to do, giving attention to a particular activity
    Synonyms: ایشلك (işlek), دركار (derkâr)
  2. preoccupied, concerned, worried, thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen

Derived terms

  • ذهنی مشغول اولمق (zihni meşgul olmak, for one's mind, to be preoccupied)
  • مشغول اولمق (meşgul olmak, to be busy, occupied)
  • مشغول ایتمك (meşgul etmek, for a matter, to occupy)

Descendants

  • Turkish: meşgul
  • Armenian: մաշխուլ (mašxul)

Further reading

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَشْغُول (mašḡūl).

Adjective

مشغول • (mašǧúl)

  1. busy

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَشْغُول (mašḡūl).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? mašġūl
Dari reading? mašġūl
Iranian reading? mašġul
Tajik reading? mašġul

Adjective

Dari مشغول
Iranian Persian
Tajik машғул

مَشغول • (mašġul)

  1. busy, occupied (in doing something, etc.)
    پسر الان مشغول خواندن است. (more literary)
    pesar alân mašgul-e xândan ast.
    The boy is busy reading now.
    پسر الان مشغول خوندنه. (more colloquial)
    pesar alân mašgul-e xundan-e.
    The boy is busy reading now.
  2. occupied

Derived terms

compound verbs
  • مشغول کردن (mašġul kardan)
other
  • مشغولی (mašġuli)
  • مشغولیت (mašġuliyat)

Descendants

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مشغول (mašġūl), from Arabic مَشْغُول (mašḡūl).

Adjective

مَشْغُول • (maśġūl) (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਸ਼ਗ਼ੂਲ)

  1. busy

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مشغُول”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مشغول (mašġūl), from Arabic مَشْغُول (mašḡūl).

Adjective

مَشْغوُلُ • (maśġūlu)

  1. busy

Further reading

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “مَشْغوُلُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • مشغول”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 18661938

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش غ ل
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَشْغُول (mašḡūl). Equivalent to the passive participle of شغل (šaḡal, to occupy, keep busy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʃ.ɣuːl/, [maʃˈɣuːl]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Adjective

مشغول • (mašḡūl) (feminine مشغولة (mašḡūle), common plural مشغولين (mašḡūlīn))

  1. busy, occupied
    Synonym: شغال (šaḡḡāl)
    Antonym: فاضي (fāḍi)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مشغول (mašġul), from Arabic مَشْغُول (mašḡūl). Compare Sindhi مَشْغوُل / मश्ग़ूल, Gujarati મશગૂલ (maśgūl), Bengali মশগুল (mośgul)

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məʃ.ɣuːl/
  • Rhymes: -uːl
  • Hyphenation: مَش‧غُول

Adjective

مَشْغُول • (maśġūl) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मशग़ूल)

  1. occupied, engaged, busy [with میں (mẽ) ‘in’]
    Synonym: مصروف (masrūf)
  • مشغولیت (maśġūliyat)

References

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