# عامل
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Compare عَمِلَ (ʕamila, “to do, to work”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕaː.ma.la/

#### Verb

عَامَلَ • (ʕāmala) III (non-past يُعَامِلُ (yuʕāmilu), verbal noun مُعَامَلَة (muʕāmala))
* (transitive) to do business with
* to act in common with
* (transitive) to treat (in such and such a way)
** a. 1932, Ahmad Shawqi, “مُتَفَرِّقَات [mutafarriqāt, Miscellany]”, in الشوقيات‎ (PDF), Windsor, United Kingdom: Hindawi Foundation, published 2012, →ISBN, page 772:عَامِلِ الْكُلَّ بِإِحْسَانٍ تُحَبْ / فَقَدِيمًا جَمَّلَ الْمَرْءَ الْأَدَبْʕāmili al-kulla biʔiḥsānin tuḥab / faqadīman jammala l-marʔa l-ʔadab(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عامل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

### Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of عَمِلَ (ʕamila, “to do, to act, to work”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕaː.mil/
* Audio:(file)

#### Adjective

عَامِل • (ʕāmil)
* active, effective

##### Declension
#### Noun

عَامِل • (ʕāmil) m (plural عَوَامِل (ʕawāmil))
* factor, constituent, element, causative agent
* (mathematics) factor (e.g. 6 is a factor of 24)
    اَلْعَامِل الْمُشْتَرَك الْأَكْبَر ― al-ʕāmil al-muštarak al-ʔakbar ― The highest common factor
* (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) motive power
* (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (grammar) a word that governs the grammatical state of one or more words

##### Declension
#### Noun

عَامِل • (ʕāmil) m (plural عَامِلُونَ (ʕāmilūna) or عُمَّال (ʕummāl) or عَمَلَة (ʕamala), feminine عَامِلَة (ʕāmila))
* worker, workman, laborer
* wage earner, employee
* maker, producer, manufacturer
* perpetrator, doer, author
* governor, lieutenant, vicegerent
* administrative officer, prefect, district president

##### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: عامل (amil, “governor, administrator; active”)
** Turkish: Amil (male given name), Amile (female given name)

### References

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

## Persian
### Etymology

From Arabic عَامِل (ʕāmil).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔɑː.ˈmil]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔɑː.mɪ́l]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔɑː.mɪ́l]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔɑː.mɪ́l]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔɔː.míl̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔɒː.mél̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔɔ.míl]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

عامل • ('âmel) (plural عوامل ('avâmel))
* factor
* agent

#### Related terms

* عمل ('amal)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic عَامَلَ (ʕāmala).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕaː.mal/, [ˈʕæː.mal]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

عامل • (ʕāmal) III (present بعامل (biʕāmel))
* to behave towards, to treat (someone in a certain way)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic عَامِل (ʕāmil).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕaː.mil/, [ˈʕæː.mɪl]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Participle

عامل • (ʕāmel) (feminine عاملة (ʕāmle), common plural عاملين (ʕāmlīn))
* active participle of عمل (ʕimil, “to do”)

#### Noun

عامل • (ʕāmel) m (plural عمّال (ʕummāl), feminine عاملة (ʕāmle))
* worker, labourer
    Synonym: شغّيل (šaḡḡīl)