قتل

From Proto-West Semitic *ḳatal-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew קָטַל (qɔṭal).

• IPA^(key): /qa.ta.la/

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قَتَلَ • (qatala) I, non-past يَقْتُلُ‎ (yaqtulu)

1. to kill, to slay, to murder
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:32:

     مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا […]

     min ʔajli ḏālika katabnā ʕalā banī ʔisrāʔīla ʔannahu man qatala nafsan biḡayri nafsin ʔaw fasādin fī l-ʔarḍi fakaʔannamā qatala an-nāsa jamīʕan waman ʔaḥyāhā fakaʔannamā ʔaḥyā n-nāsa jamīʕan […]

     That is why We decreed for the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul, without [its being guilty of] manslaughter or corruption on the earth, is as though he had killed all mankind, and whoever saves a life is as though he had saved all mankind.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:31:

     وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ ۖ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًا

     walā taqtulū ʔawlādakum ḵašyata ʔimlāqin naḥnu narzuquhum waʔiyyākum ʔinna qatlahum kāna ḵiṭʔan kabīran

     And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.

2. to mitigate, to alleviate
3. to mix, to dilute
4. to know, to master

• Maltese: qatel

قُتِلَ • (qutila) I, non-past يُقْتَلُ‎ (yuqtalu)

1. to be killed
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:144:

     أَفَإِن مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ ٱنْقَلَبْتُمْ عَلَى أَعْقَابِكُمْ

     ʔafaʔin māta ʔaw qutila nqalabtum ʕalā ʔaʕqābikum

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   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:158:

     وَلَئِنْ مُتُّمْ أَوْ قُتِلْتُمْ لَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

     walaʔin muttum ʔaw qutiltum laʔilā l-lahi tuḥšarūna

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2. to be cursed
   • Quran, Al-Buruj 4

     قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِ

     qutila ʔaṣḥābu l-ʔuḵdūdi

     Cursed were the companions of the trench

• IPA^(key): /qat.ta.la/

قَتَّلَ • (qattala) II, non-past يُقَتِّلُ‎ (yuqattilu)

1. to kill, to massacre, to cause carnage
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:141:

     وَإِذْ أَنْجَيْنَاكُمْ مِنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ ۖ يُقَتِّلُونَ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَاءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكُم بَلَاءٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ

     waʔiḏ ʔanjaynākum min ʔāli firʕawna yasūmūnakum sūʔa l-ʕaḏāba yuqattilūna ʔabnāʔakum wayastaḥyūna nisāʔakum wafī ḏālikum balāʔun min rabbikum ʕaẓīmun

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قَتَّلَ • (qattala) VIII, non-past يَقَتِّلُ‎ (yaqattilu)

1. Rare form of اِقْتَتَلَ (iqtatala).

• IPA^(key): /qatl/

قَتْل • (qatl) m

1. verbal noun of قَتَلَ (qatala) (form I)
2. verbal noun of قُتِلَ (qutila) (form I)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 33:16:

     قُلْ لَنْ يَنْفَعَكُمُ ٱلْفِرَارُ إِن فَرَرْتُم مِنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ أَوِ ٱلْقَتْلِ وَإِذًا لَا تُمَتَّعُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

     qul lan yanfaʕakumu l-firāru ʔin farartum mina l-mawti ʔawi l-qatli waʔiḏan lā tumattaʕūna ʔillā qalīlan

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3. killing, manslaughter, homicide, murder
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:31:

     وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ ۖ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًا

     walā taqtulū ʔawlādakum ḵašyata ʔimlāqin naḥnu narzuquhum waʔiyyākum ʔinna qatlahum kāna ḵiṭʔan kabīran

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• → Azerbaijani: qətl
• → Bengali: কতল (qôtôl)
• → Hindi: क़त्ल (qatl)
• → Ottoman Turkish: قتل (katl)
• → Persian: قتل (qatl)
• → Urdu: قتل (qatl)

• IPA^(key): /qitl/

قِتْل • (qitl) m (plural أَقْتَال (ʔaqtāl))

1. enemy, adversary, foe, opponent

From Arabic قَتَلَ (qatala).

قتل • (qatal) I (non-past يقتل (yuqtul))

1. (transitive) to kill
2. (intransitive) to commit murder

• Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) “ق ت ل”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎, Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 685

From Arabic قَتَلَ (qatala).

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.tal/

قتل • (gatal) I (non-past يِقْتُل (yigtul))

1. to kill, to murder

From Arabic قَتَّلَ (qattala).

• IPA^(key): /ɡat.tal/

قتل • (gattal) II (non-past يِقَتِّل (yigattil))

1. to kill, to massacre

From Arabic قَتْل (qatl).

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.til/

قتل • (gatil) m (construct state قَتْل (gatl))

1. killing, manslaughter, homicide, murder

From Arabic قَتْل (qatl).

قتل • (katl)

1. killing
2. murder
3. slaughter

• قاتل (katil)

From Arabic قَتْل (qatl).

قتل • (qatl)

1. murder; (loosely) killing

   به قتل رسیدن ― be qatl residan ― to be murdered

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਕਤਲ (katal)

  Shahmukhi script: قتل (qatal)

From Arabic قَتَلَ (qatala).

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔa.tal/, [ˈʔa.tal]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡa.tal/, [ˈɡa.tal]

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قتل • (ʔatal) I (present بقتل (boʔtol))

1. to kill, to murder
2. to beat

   Synonym: دبح (dabaḥ)

Borrowed from Arabic قَتْل (qatl).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qət̪l/

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• Rhymes: -ət̪l

قتل • (qatl) m (Hindi spelling क़त्ल)

1. killing
2. slaughter
3. murder
4. massacre

• قاتل (qātil)