# قابل
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qaː.ba.la/
* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

قَابَلَ • (qābala) III (non-past يُقَابِلُ (yuqābilu), verbal noun مُقَابَلَة (muqābala))
* to stand exactly opposite, to be opposite, to be face to face
* to confront, to face, to counter
* to meet, to encounter, to visit, to call on
* to interview, to grant an audience, to receive in audience
* to repay, to return
* to compare, to collate

##### Descendants

* → Swahili: -kabili

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qaː.bil/

#### Adjective

قَابِل • (qābil)
* active participle of قَبِلَ (qabila)
* susceptible, subject, receptive [with لِ (li) ‘to something’]; -able, -ible
    قَابِل لِٱلاِحْتِرَاق ― qābil li-l-iḥtirāq ― burnable (literally, “subject to burning”)

##### Derived terms

* قَابِلِيَّة (qābiliyya)

##### Descendants

* → Classical Persian: قابِل (qābil)
** → Azerbaijani: qabil
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: क़ाबिल (qābil)
    Urdu: قابِل (qābil)
*** → Telugu: కాబిల్ (kābil)
** → Punjabi: قابَل (qābal)
** → Ottoman Turkish: قابل (kabil)
*** Turkish: kabil

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic قَابَلَ (qābala).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaː.bal/

#### Verb

قابل • (gābal) III (non-past يِقابِل (yigābil))
* to meet with
* to interview

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic قَابِل (qābil).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaː.bil/, [ɡaːbɪl]

#### Adjective

قابل • (gābil) (feminine قابْلة (gābla), common plural قابْلين (gāblīn))
* active participle of قِبِل (gibil, “to accept”)

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَابِل (qābil).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [qɑː.ˈβil]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qɑː.bɪ́l]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qɑː.bɪ́l]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [qɑː.bɪ́l]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [qɔː.bíl̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [qɒː.bél̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [qɔ.bíl]

### Adjective

قابِل • (qâbel) (comparative قابِل‌تَر (qâbel-tar), superlative قابِل‌تَرین (qâbel-tarin))
* qualified; able; competent
* worthy; deserving
* Used with an ezâfe with a meaning equivalent to English -able, -ible.
    ‎قابلِ (qâbel-e) + ‎توجه (tavajjoh, “attention”) → ‎قابلِ توجه (qâbel-e tavajjoh, “noteworthy”)
    ‎قابلِ (qâbel-e) + ‎قبول (qabul, “acceptance”) → ‎قابلِ قبول (qâbel-e qabul, “acceptable”)
    ‎قابلِ (qâbel-e) + ‎خوردن (xordan, “to eat”) → ‎قابلِ خوردن (qâbel-e xordan, “edible”)
    ‎غیرِ (ğeyr-e) + ‎قابلِ (qâbel-e) + ‎کنترل (kontrol, “control”) → ‎غیرِ قابلِ کنترل (ğeyr-e qâbel-e kontrol, “uncontrollable”)

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: qabil
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: क़ाबिल (qābil)
    Urdu: قابِل (qābil)
** → Telugu: కాబిల్ (kābil)
* → Punjabi: قابَل (qābal)
* → Ottoman Turkish: قابل (kabil)
** Turkish: kabil

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic قَابَلَ (qābala).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Urban) /ʔaː.bal/, [ˈʔæː.bal]
* IPA: (Bedouin) /ɡaː.bal/, [ˈɡæː.bal]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

قابل • (ʔābal) III (present بقابل (biʔābel))
* to meet with
* to interview

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic قَابِل (qābil).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Urban) /ʔaː.bil/, [ˈʔæː.bɪl]
* IPA: (Bedouin) /ɡaː.bil/, [ˈɡæː.bɪl]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Participle

قابل • (ʔābel) (feminine قابلة (ʔāble), common plural قابلين (ʔāblīn))
* active participle of قبل (ʔibil, “to accept”)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قابل (qābil), from Arabic قَابِل (qābil).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /qɑː.bɪl/
* Rhymes: -ɪl

### Adjective

قابِل • (qābil) (Hindi spelling क़ाबिल)
* capable
* worthy, deserving
    Synonyms: یوگْیہ (yogyh), لائِق (lāiq)

### References

* “قابل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “قابل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.