ممثل

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Root
م ث ل (m-ṯ-l)

Derived from the active participle of مَثَّلَ (maṯṯala, to represent, portray, to act (on stage, etc.)).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mu.maθ.θil/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

مُمَثِّل (mumaṯṯilm (plural مُمَثِّلُون (mumaṯṯilūn), feminine مُمَثِّلَة (mumaṯṯila))

  1. (film, television, theater) actor
  2. representative (in government)

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Azerbaijani: müməssil
  • Ottoman Turkish: ممثل (mümessil)
    • Turkish: mümessil (representative, delegate, agent)