Arabic vocabulary
مُعَامَلَةٌdealings in Arabic
مُعَامَلَةٌ is how you say “dealings” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root ع م ل (ʿ-m-l)noun (verbal noun / maṣdar of Form III عَامَلَ)Pronounced muʿāmalah
Meaning of dealings in Arabic
- dealing, transaction — esp. buying and selling; the everyday sense used among city-dwellers for doing business with someone
- treatment, conduct toward someone — e.g. 'he dealt with him as the lion deals' — how one behaves toward another, not only in trade
- a cultivation-partnership contract — Iraqi usage, equivalent to Hijazi مُسَاقَاة: hiring someone to manage palm or vine cultivation for a share of the produce
Muʿāmalah is the verbal noun of Form III عَامَلَ (ʿāmala, "to work/deal with someone"), itself built on عَمِلَ "to work, do." It covers everyday commercial dealings as well as how one treats or conducts oneself toward another person; classical Iraqi usage also applied it narrowly to a cultivation-for-a-share contract equivalent to Hijazi مُسَاقَاة.
Words from the same root
- عَمِلَto work, labour, do, act, perform (Form I)
- عَمَلٌwork, deed, action (verbal noun of ʿamila)
- عَامِلٌone who works; agent, official
- عَمَّلَto appoint as governor; to pay someone's wage (Form II)
- عَامَلَto deal, do business, or transact with someone (Form III, source of muʿāmalah)
- أَعْمَلَto employ, use, put to work — one's judgment, tongue, or a mount (Form IV)
Common questions
- How do you say "dealings" in Arabic?
- مُعَامَلَةٌ (muʿāmalah).
- What is the root of مُعَامَلَةٌ and how does it relate to عَمَلٌ 'work'?
- Both come from the root ع-م-ل (ʿ-m-l). Muʿāmalah is the verbal noun of Form III عَامَلَ 'to deal/transact with someone,' which is itself built on the base verb عَمِلَ 'to work, do.'
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
فَأقر لَهُ بِالْجَهْلِ فِي علمه، والآفات فِي عمله، والعيوب فِي نَفسه، والتفريط فِي حَقه، وَالظُّلم فِي مُعَامَلَته
So he acknowledges his ignorance in his knowledge, the flaws in his actions, the defects in his self, his negligence in his duty, and the injustice in his dealings.
مُعَامَلَتِهِ — his dealings. muamala means 'dealing, conduct'; the ending '-hi' adds 'his' — 'his dealings'.
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