معضل

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُعْضِل (muʕḍil, “difficult”), having also absorbed the noun مُعْضِلَة (muʕḍila, “problem”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? mu'zil
Dari reading? mo'zil
Iranian reading? mo'zel
Tajik reading? mü'zil

Adjective

معضل • (mo'zel)

  1. problematic
    Synonyms: دشوار (došvâr), مشکل (moškel)

Noun

معضل • (mo'zel) (plural معضلات (mo'zelât))

  1. problem
    Synonym: مشکل (moškel)
    یک معضل اجتماعی ― yek mo'zel-e ejtemâ'i ― a social problem
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