عاطل

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عاطِل (ʕāṭil).

Adjective

عاطل • (ʕāṭil) (feminine عاطلة (ʕāṭla), common plural عاطلين (ʕāṭlīn) or عطل (ʕuṭṭal))

1. bad, not good

   Antonym: منيح (mnīḥ)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عاطِل (ʕāṭil)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.til]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.t̪ʰɪl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.t̪ʰɪl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.t̪ʰɪl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.t̪ʰil̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.t̪ʰel̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.t̪ʰil]

Readings
Classical reading?	ātil
Dari reading?	ātil
Iranian reading?	âtel
Tajik reading?	otil

Adjective

عاطل • ('âtil)

1. idle
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2624:

     گر بیان معنوی کافی شدی / خلق عالم عاطل و باطل بدی

     gar bayân-i-ma'nawi kâfî shudî / xalq-i-'alâm 'âtil u bâtil budî

     If the spiritual explanation were sufficient, the creation of the world would have been idle and vain.

2. vain, futile, useless

   Synonym: باطل (bâtil)

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عاطل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عاطِل (ʕāṭil).

Adjective

عاطل • (ʕāṭil) (feminine عاطلة (ʕāṭla), common plural عاطلين (ʕāṭlīn) or عطل (ʕuṭṭal))

1. bad, not good

   Antonym: منيح (mnīḥ)