مقابل

Derived from the active participle of قَابَلَ (qābala).

• IPA^(key): /mu.qaː.bil/

مُقابِل • (muqābil)

1. in return for, in exchange for, as a compensation for
2. against, vis-à-vis, face-to-face with

• → Azerbaijani: müqabil
• → Ottoman Turkish: مقابل (mukabil)
  • Turkish: mukabil
• → Persian: مقابل (moqâbel)
• → Uyghur: مۇقابىل (muqabil)
• → Uzbek: muqobil

• Reverso

From Arabic مُقَابِل (muqābil).

• IPA^(key): /mu.ɡaː.bil/, [mʊ.ɡaː.bɪl]

مقابل • (mugābil)

1. in front of

   Synonyms: قُدَّام (guddām), قُبال (gubāl)

2. in return for, in exchange for, as a compensation for

Borrowed from Arabic مُقَابِل (muqābil), from قَابَلَ (qābala).

مقابل • (muqābil / moġâbel)

1. vis-à-vis, face to face, opposite

   Synonym: رو به رو (rō ba rō / ru be ru)

2. corresponding
3. equal, equivalent

   Synonyms: برابر (barābar / barâbar), مساوی (musāwī / mosâvi)

مقابل • (muqābil / moġâbel)

1. equivalent, counterpart (equal in value)
2. rival, antagonist, adversary

مقابل • (muqābil / moġâbel) (typically with ezafe)

1. opposite, vis-à-vis of

   دکان من مقابل خانهٔ شما است.

   dukān-i man muqābil-i xāna-yi šumā ast.
   dokân-e man moġâbel-e xâne-ye šomâ ast.

   my house is opposite of your house.

2. in exchange for

• Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “مقابِل”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مقابل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “مقابل”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• “مقابل”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025