# مفصل
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Noun of place from the root ف ص ل (f-ṣ-l), with the noun itself forming the denominal root م ف ص ل (m-f-ṣ-l), whence تَمَفْصَلَ (tamafṣala, “to connect as joints; to form a joint”), among others, derives.

#### Noun

مَفْصِل • (mafṣil) m (plural مَفَاصِل (mafāṣil))
* knuckle
    Synonym: بُرْجُمَة (burjuma)
* skeletal joint
    Synonym: مَوْصِل (mawṣil)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

* Root
* ف ص ل (f ṣ l)
* 18 terms
Derived from the passive participle of فَصَّلَ (faṣṣala, “to detail”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mu.fasˤ.sˤal/

#### Adjective

مُفَصَّل • (mufaṣṣal) (feminine مُفَصَّلَة (mufaṣṣala), masculine plural مُفَصَّلُونَ (mufaṣṣalūna), feminine plural مُفَصَّلَات (mufaṣṣalāt))
* detailed

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: müfəssəl
* → Persian: مفصل (mofassal)
* → Ottoman Turkish: مفصل (mufassal)
** > Turkish: mufassal (inherited)
* → Uyghur: مۇپەسسەل (mupessel)
* → Uzbek: mufassal

### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “مفصل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَفْصِل (mafṣil, “knuckle; joint”).

### Noun

مفصل • (mafsal) (definite accusative مفصلی (mafsalı), plural مفاصل (mafasal))
* (in general) joint, articulation, the point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate
    Synonym: بوغوم (boğum)
* (anatomy) joint, articulation, any part of the body where two bones, ossicles, or other hard structures join
    Synonym: بوغوم (boğum)

#### Derived terms

* مفصلی (mafsalî, “articular”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: mafsal

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mafsal”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3005
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mafsal”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 670
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مفصل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1203
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Articulus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 87
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مفصل”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 4811
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mafsal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مفصل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1932

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُفَصَّل (mufaṣṣal).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [mu.fas.ˈsal]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊ.fäs.sǽl]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊ.fäs.sǽl]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mʊ.fäs.sǽl]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mu.fäs.sǽl̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mo.fæs.sǽl̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mu.fäs.sǽl]

### Adjective

مفصل • (mofassal)
* detailed

### Further reading

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

## South Levantine Arabic

* Root
* ف ص ل
* 4 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic مَفْصِل (mafṣil).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maf.sˤal/, [ˈmɑf.sˤɑl]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

مفصل • (mafṣal) m (plural مفاصل (mafāṣel))
* joint (anatomy)
* hinge (of a door etc.)