معلول

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْلُول‎ (maʕlūl).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maʔ.luːl]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.luːl]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.luːl]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.lul̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʔ.luːl̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.lul]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ma'lūl
Dari reading^?	ma'lūl
Iranian reading^?	ma'lul
Tajik reading^?	maʾlul

Adjective

معلول • (ma'lul)

disabled; crippled (especially physical)
Synonym: ناتوان‎ (nâtavân)
- c. 1080, “Qaṣīda 104”, in دیوان ناصرخسرو [Dīvān of Nāṣir-i Khusraw]‎:
  ‏بینا و قوی چون زید و آن دگری باز
  مکفوف همی زاید و معلول ز مادر؟‎‎
  bēnā u qawī čūn ziyad u ān digarē bāz
  makfūf hamē zāyad u ma'lūl zi mādar?
  Why does one person live seeing and strong, while another one
  Always lives blind and crippled from [the day he is born to] his mother?
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

معلولیت‎ (ma'luliyat, “disability”)

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