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تَحَوُّل
transformation /taˈħawːul/
nounB2#3631 most common
Also: change, transition, conversion
Example sentences
هذا تَحَوُّلٌ كَبيرٌ.
This is a big transformation.
لاحَظْتُ تَحَوُّلاً في سُلوكِهِ.
I noticed a change in his behavior.
شَهِدَتِ المَدينَةُ تَحَوُّلاً اقْتِصادِيًّا سَريعًا.
The city saw a fast economic transformation.
يُمَثِّلُ هذا القَرارُ نُقطَةَ تَحَوُّلٍ في تاريخِ الشَّرِكَةِ.
This decision marks a turning point in the company's history.
تُعَدُّ التَّحَوُّلاتُ المُناخِيَّةُ مِنْ أَخْطَرِ التَّحَدِّياتِ الَّتي تُواجِهُ البَشَرِيَّةَ.
Climate changes are among the most dangerous challenges facing humanity.
لا يُمْكِنُ فَهْمُ تَحَوُّلِ المُجْتَمَعاتِ التَّقْليدِيَّةِ إلى مُجْتَمَعاتٍ حَديثَةٍ دونَ دِراسَةِ العَواملِ الاقْتِصادِيَّةِ وَالثَّقافِيَّةِ المُتَشابِكَةِ.
One cannot grasp the transformation of traditional societies into modern ones without studying the tangled economic and cultural factors behind it.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَحَوُّلٌ | تَحَوُّلاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَحَوُّلٍ | تَحَوُّلاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَحَوُّلاً | تَحَوُّلاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا تَحَوُّلُ | يا تَحَوُّلاتُ |
Word family
تَحَوَّلَto transform, turn into
مُتَحَوِّلtransforming, variable, mutable
حَوَّلَto convert, transfer, divert
تَحْويلtransfer, conversion
حَوْلa turning, a cycle (also: year)Etymology
Taḥawwul is the verbal noun of the Form V verb taḥawwala, built on the triliteral root ḥ-w-l, which carries the sense of turning or changing state. Form V typically marks a reflexive or self-directed action, so where Form II ḥawwala means to convert or turn something else, Form V taḥawwala means to turn or change oneself. The same root gives Arabic words for a full cycle or year, since a year was understood as a turning of time.
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