# قاتل
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qaː.ta.la/

#### Verb

قَاتَلَ • (qātala) III (non-past يُقَاتِلُ (yuqātilu), verbal noun قِتَال (qitāl) or مُقَاتَلَة (muqātala))
* to combat, to battle, to fight
    الجَيْشُ قَاتَلَ بِشَجَاعَةٍ فِي الْمَعْرَكَةِ.al-jayšu qātala bišajāʕatin fī l-maʕrakati.The army fought courageously in the battle.
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 49:9:وَإِن طَائِفَتَانِ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱقْتَتَلُوا فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا فَإِن بَغَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ فَقَاتِلُوا ٱلَّتِي تَبْغِي حَتَّىٰ تَفِيءَ إِلَىٰ أَمْرِ ٱللّٰهِ فَإِنْ فَاءَتْ فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَأَقْسِطُوا إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُقْسِطِينَwa-ʔin ṭāʔifatāni mina l-muʔminīna qtatalū fa-ʔaṣliḥū baynahumā fa-ʔin baḡat ʔiḥdāhumā ʕalā l-ʔuḵrā faqātilū llatī tabḡī ḥattā tafīʔa ʔilā ʔamri llāhi fa-ʔin fāʔat fa-ʔaṣliḥū baynahumā bi-l-ʕadli wa-ʔaqsiṭū ʔinna llāha yuḥibbu l-muqsiṭīna(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Derived terms

* قَاتَلَكَ ٱللَّٰهُ (qātalaka llāhu)

### Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of قَتَلَ (qatala, “to kill”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qaː.til/

#### Noun

قَاتِل • (qātil) m (plural قَاتِلُونَ (qātilūna) or قَتَلَة (qatala), feminine قَاتِلَة (qātila))
* killer, murderer, assassin

##### Declension
#### Adjective

قَاتِل • (qātil) (feminine قَاتِلَة (qātila), masculine plural قَاتِلُونَ (qātilūna) or قَتَلَة (qatala), feminine plural قَاتِلَات (qātilāt) or قَوَاتِل (qawātil), elative أَقْتَل (ʔaqtal))
* killing, murdering
* deadly, lethal, mortal, fatal
    Synonym: مُمِيت (mumīt)
    دَسَّ لَهُ السُّمَّ الْقَاتِلَdassa lahu s-summa al-qātila(please add an English translation of this usage example)

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: qatil
* → Ottoman Turkish: قاتل
** Turkish: katil
** → Bulgarian: кати́л (katíl)
** → Macedonian: катиљ (katilj)
** → Serbo-Croatian: kátil / ка́тил
** → Albanian: katil
* → Persian: قاتل (qâtel)
* → Urdu: قاتل (qātil)
* → Hindi: क़ातिल (qātil), क़ातिलाना (qātilānā)

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic قَاتَلَ (qātala).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaː.tal/

#### Verb

قاتل • (gātal) III (non-past يِقْتُل (yigātil))
* to combat, to battle, to fight

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic قَاتِل (qātil).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaː.til/

#### Noun

قاتل • (gātil) m (plural قَتَلة (gatala) or قاتلين (gātlīn), feminine قاتلة (gātla))
* killer, murderer, assassin

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Arabic قَاتِل (qātil).

### Noun

قاتل • (katil)
* murderer, killer

#### Related terms

* قتل (katl)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: katil
* → Bulgarian: кати́л (katíl)
* → Macedonian: катиљ (katilj)
* → Serbo-Croatian: kátil / ка́тил
* → Albanian: katil

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَاتِل (qātil).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [qɑː.til]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qɑː.t̪ʰɪl]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qɑː.t̪ʰɪl]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [qɑː.t̪ʰɪl]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [qɔː.t̪ʰil̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [qɒː.t̪ʰel̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [qɔ.t̪ʰil]

### Noun

قاتل • (qâtel) (plural قاتلان (qâtelân) or قاتل‌ها (qâtel-hâ))
* killer
* murderer

#### Related terms

* قتل (qatl)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قاتل (qātil), itself from Arabic قَاتِل (qātil).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /qɑː.t̪ɪl/
* (colloquial) IPA: /kɑː.t̪əl/
* Rhymes: -ɪl
* Hyphenation: قا‧تِل

### Noun

قاتِل • (qātil) m (Hindi spelling क़ातिल)
* killer, murderer, assassin

#### Synonyms

* ہتیارا (hatyārā)
* خونی (xūnī)

#### Related terms

* قتل (qatl, “murder”)

### References

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