شاغل distractor in Arabic
شاغل is how you say “distractor” in Arabic.
Root ش غ ل sh-gh-l. noun/adjective (active participle). shāghil.
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Meaning of distractor in Arabic
- that which busies, occupies, or distracts active participle of شَغَلَ; applied to a person or to an affair
- a distraction, preoccupying concern seen in the intensive phrase شُغْلٌ شَاغِلٌ, 'a truly absorbing business'
Example sentence
وَلَيْسَ بِشَاغِلٍ يَشْغَلُكَ عَنِ اللَّهِ كَنَفْسِكَ الَّتِي هِيَ بَيْنَ جَنْبَيْكَ
And nothing can distract you from Allah like your own self between your sides.
بِشَاغِلٍ with a distraction
'bi-' here is an emphasis tag after 'laysa'; 'shaghil' = 'a distracter', so 'there is no distracter'.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
شاغل is the active participle of شَغَلَ ('to busy or occupy, so as to divert from something'), so it describes a person or thing that pulls attention away from something else — hence its use for 'distractor'. Lane also gives the fixed pair شُغْلٌ شَاغِلٌ, where the participle intensifies the noun, much like لَيْلٌ لَائِلٌ.
Words from the same root
- شَغَلَ to busy, occupy, or distract someone
- شُغْلٌ business, occupation, work
- اِشْتَغَلَ to be busy, occupied with something
- مَشْغُولٌ busy, occupied
- مُشْتَغِلٌ one who is busy, working
Common questions
- How do you say "distractor" in Arabic?
- شاغل (shāghil) — something or someone that busies or distracts you from another matter.
- What does the root ش غ ل mean?
- It carries the sense of being busy, occupied, or employed, often specifically to the point of being diverted from something else.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).