موصل

Arabic

Root
و ص ل (w-ṣ-l)

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of وَصَّلَ (waṣṣala, to conduct).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.wasˤ.sˤil/

Adjective

مُوَصِّل • (muwaṣṣil) (feminine مُوَصِّلَة (muwaṣṣila), masculine plural مُوَصِّلُونَ (muwaṣṣilūna), feminine plural مُوَصِّلَات (muwaṣṣilāt))

  1. connective
  2. delivering
  3. transmitting, transmissive
  4. conductant, conductive
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: müvəssil
  • Ottoman Turkish: موصل (muvassıl)

Noun

مُوَصِّل • (muwaṣṣil) m (plural مُوَصِّلَات (muwaṣṣilāt))

  1. (physics) conductor, conductant (electricity, heat, sound, etc)
  2. (physiology) transmitter
Declension

Etymology 2

Derived from the passive participle of وَصَّلَ (waṣṣala, to conduct).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.wasˤ.sˤal/

Adjective

مُوَصَّل • (muwaṣṣal) (feminine مُوَصَّلَة (muwaṣṣala), masculine plural مُوَصَّلُونَ (muwaṣṣalūna), feminine plural مُوَصَّلَات (muwaṣṣalāt))

  1. connected, plugged, attached (joined to another thing)
  2. transmitted
Declension
Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic الْمَوْصِل (al-Mawṣil, the Junction). Compare و ص ل (w-ṣ-l) related to linking things together.

Proper noun

موصل • (Mevsıl, vulg. Musul or Mosul)

  1. Mosul (a city)
  2. (historical) Mosul (an eyalet in the Ottoman Empire)
  • موصلی (Mevsılî)

Descendants

References

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “موصل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2031
  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Musul”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 566
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