آلة

See also: إله, اله, أله, and آله

Arabic

Root
ء و ل (ʔ-w-l)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.la/

• Audio:

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Noun

آلَة • (ʔāla) f (plural آلَات (ʔālāt))

1. instrument, utensil
2. tool, apparatus, implement
3. device, appliance, machine

Declension

Declension of noun آلَة (ʔāla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	آلَة ʔāla	الْآلَة al-ʔāla	آلَة ʔālat
Nominative	آلَةٌ ʔālatun	الْآلَةُ al-ʔālatu	آلَةُ ʔālatu
Accusative	آلَةً ʔālatan	الْآلَةَ al-ʔālata	آلَةَ ʔālata
Genitive	آلَةٍ ʔālatin	الْآلَةِ al-ʔālati	آلَةِ ʔālati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	آلَتَيْن ʔālatayn	الْآلَتَيْن al-ʔālatayn	آلَتَيْ ʔālatay
Nominative	آلَتَانِ ʔālatāni	الْآلَتَانِ al-ʔālatāni	آلَتَا ʔālatā
Accusative	آلَتَيْنِ ʔālatayni	الْآلَتَيْنِ al-ʔālatayni	آلَتَيْ ʔālatay
Genitive	آلَتَيْنِ ʔālatayni	الْآلَتَيْنِ al-ʔālatayni	آلَتَيْ ʔālatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	آلَات ʔālāt	الْآلَات al-ʔālāt	آلَات ʔālāt
Nominative	آلَاتٌ ʔālātun	الْآلَاتُ al-ʔālātu	آلَاتُ ʔālātu
Accusative	آلَاتٍ ʔālātin	الْآلَاتِ al-ʔālāti	آلَاتِ ʔālāti
Genitive	آلَاتٍ ʔālātin	الْآلَاتِ al-ʔālāti	آلَاتِ ʔālāti

Derived terms

• اِسْم آلَة (ism ʔāla)

Related terms

• آلِيّ (ʔāliyy, “automated, mechanical”)
• آلِيَّة (ʔāliyya, “mechanism, machinery, automation”)

Descendants

• → Afar: aalát
• → Armenian: ալաթ (alatʻ)
• → Azerbaijani: alət
• → Bengali: আলাত (alat)
• → Northern Kurdish: alat, alet, halat, halet
• → Malay: alat
  • Indonesian: alat
• → Persian: آلت (âlat)
  • → Hindustani:

    Urdu: آلت (ālat), آلہ (ālā)

  • → Thai: อะไหล่ (à-lài)
• → Ottoman Turkish: آلت (alet)
  • Turkish: alt
• → Swahili: ala

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ء و ل
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic آلَة (ʔāla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.le/, [ˈʔæː.le]
• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.la/, [ˈʔæː.la]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

  (file)

Noun

آلة • (ʔāle) f (plural آلات (ʔālāt))

1. machine, device

   Synonyms: جهاز (jihāz), ماكنة (mākina), (Galilee) ميكنة (mēgana)

   آلة تصوير ― ʔālet taṣwīr ― camera

2. apparatus, instrument

Derived terms

• آلة كاتبة (ʔāle kātbe, “typewriter”)
• آلة موسيقية (ʔāle mūsīqiyye, “musical instrument”)