مکمل
Persian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic مُكَمِّل (mukammil).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /mu.kam.ˈmil/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mʊ.kʰäm.mɪ́l]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mo.kʰʲæm.mél̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mu.kʰäm.míl]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | mukammil |
| Dari reading? | mukammil |
| Iranian reading? | mokammel |
| Tajik reading? | mukammil |
Noun
مکمل • (mokammel)
- supplement (now especially nutritional supplements)
- مکمل گلوتامین ― mokammel-e gelutâmin ― glutamine supplement
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic مُكَمَّل (mukammal).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /mu.kam.ˈmal/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mʊ.kʰäm.mǽl]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mo.kʰʲæm.mǽl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mu.kʰäm.mǽl]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | mukammal |
| Dari reading? | mukammal |
| Iranian reading? | mokammal |
| Tajik reading? | mukammal |
Adjective
مُکَمَّل • (mokammal) (comparative مُکَمَّلتَر, superlative مُکَمَّلتَرین)
Descendants
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مُکَمَّل (mukammal), from Arabic مُكَمَّل (mukammal).[1] First attested in c. 1765[2] as Middle Hindi مکمل (mkml /mukammal/).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊ.kəm.məl/
- Rhymes: -əl
Adjective
مُکَمَّل • (mukammal) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मुकम्मल)
- complete (ie. in its entirety; accomplished, finalised; perfected)
- finished (ie. to come to an end; concluded)
- entire, total
- full, overflowing
References
- ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “mukammal”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 592.
- ^ “مکمل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Further reading
- “مکمل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مکمل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “مکمل”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “مکمل”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “مکمل”, 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
Ushojo
Etymology
Adjective
مکمل (mukammal)