توكل

See also: تؤكل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
و ك ل (w-k-l)

Compare وَكَلَ (wakala, to trust, to rely on). Appears to be related to Hebrew יכל (yakhól, to be capable). The definitions of both roots also appear to be conceptually related as trust is a product of perceived capability. From Proto-Semitic *wakal-.

Verb

تَوَكَّلَ • (tawakkala) V, non-past يَتَوَكَّلُ‎ (yatawakkalu)

  1. (construed with عَلَى (ʕalā)) to rely on, to confide one's affairs to, to trust entirely in
  2. to be appointed as a substitute, etc.
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: təvəkkül
  • Kazakh: тәуекел (täuekel)
  • Persian: توکل
References
  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “توكل”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “وكل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Noun

تَوَكُّل • (tawakkul) m

  1. verbal noun of تَوَكَّلَ (tawakkala) (form V)
Declension
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