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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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KML كمل 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√KML 
“root” 
▪ KML_1 ‘(to be/come) whole, entire, complete’ ↗kam˅la
▪ KML_2 ‘…’ ↗…

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘completeness. to become whole; to conclude, to perfect, maturity’ 
The root has only one representative in Ar. 
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▪ DRS 10 (2012)#KML–1 Akk kamālu ‘être en colère, hors de soit’. –2 Ar kamala, kamila, kamula ‘être entier, parfait’, kammala ‘parfaire, achever’, dial. kāməl ‘tout’, mér. kimil ‘être fini, périr; tarir (eau)’, Sab hkml ‘compléter (un ouvrage), réussir en’, Mhr kōmel, Ḥrs kēmel ‘finir’, Eth kämal ‘parfait, dans une bonne condition’, təkämmäla ‘être prudent, se restreindre’. 
▪ From among the two values given for the Sem root KML in DRS 10 (2012)#KML, only the second is represented in Ar. (The first is attested in Akk kamālu ‘to be in rage’ only.)
▪ BAH2008 gives the values Ar KML can take in ClassAr as ‘completeness, to become whole; to conclude, perfect, maturity’. 
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kam˅l‑ كمل :

kamala, kamula u and kamila a (kamāl , kumūl) 
ID … • Sw – • BP … • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√KML 
vb., I 
to be or become whole, entire, integral, perfect, complete; to be finished, done, completed, accomplished; to be concluded, come to a close – WehrCowan1979. 
Although the verb displays a large number of derivations, implying old age, these form a rather homogenous semantic field. The assumption of a SSem or CentrSem origin will depend on whether or not a Hbr word for ‘new grain’ should be ascribed to the root. 
▪ eC7 ʔakmala (to complete, perfect) Q 5:3 al-yawma ʔakmaltu la-kum dīna-kum ‘today I have completed/perfected your religion for you’. – kāmil (complete, in full) Q 16:25 li-yaḥmilū ʔawzāra-hum kāmilatan yawma ’l-qiyāmati ‘so that on the Day of Resurrection they will bear their full burden’ 
▪ DRS 10 (2012)#KML-2: Ar kamala, kamila, kamula ‘être entier, parfait’, kammala ‘parfaire, achever’, dial. kāməl ‘tout’, mér. kimil ‘être fini, périr; tarir (eau)’, Sab hkml ‘compléter (un ouvrage), réussir en’, Mhr kōmel, Ḥrs kēmel ‘finir’, Eth kämal ‘parfait, dans une bonne condition’, təkämmäla ‘être prudent, se restreindre’. - Hbr karmäl ‘grain nouveau’.
▪ Zammit2002: SAr hkml ‘to complete’ 
Apart from Ar, the word seems to be attested only in southern regions (modSAr and Eth). DRS, however, mentions also Hbr karmäl ‘new grain’ as belonging here, claiming that, accord. to Baumgartner, «la forme Hbr est rattachée à cette racine car elle serait due à une dissimilation de *kmml ‘devenu plein, parfait’.» Should this be correct, one will have to assume a CentSem rather than a SSem area of distribution. 
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► kammala, vb. II, and BP#1752ʔakmala, vb. IV, to finish, wind up, conclude, complete, consummate; to carry out, execute; to perfect, round out, complement, supplement: caus.
► takāmala, vb. VI, and BP#3352ĭktamala, vb. VIII, to be perfect, consummate, integral, be or become complete, finished, done, accomplished, concluded; to reach completion, fulfillment or perfection, to mature, ripen; to be perfected: recipr. and refl./quasi-pass., respectively.
► ĭstakmala, vb. X, to complete; to perfect; to round out, complement, supplement; to carry out, meet, fulfill (e.g., conditions): T-stem of IV.

► BP#4416kamāl, pl. ‑āt, n., perfection; completeness; completion, consummation, conclusion, termination, windup; maturity, ripeness: lexicalized vn. I | ~ al-ʔaǧsām, n., bodybuilding.
► kamālī, adj., luxury, luxurious, de luxe: nsb-adj. of vn. kamāl; pl. kamāliyyāt, n., luxuries; luxury; comforts, amenities: lexicalized abstr. in iyyaẗ.
► kamālaẗ (colloq.), n., that which fills up or completes a weight or number, a complement; addition, supplement:…
► BP#2969ʔakmalᵘ, adj., more complete, more perfect: elative.
► takmīl, n., completion, complementing, perfecting, perfection; conclusion, termination, windup; consummation, execution: vn. II.
► takmīlī, adj., completing, complementing, complementary, supplementary: nsb-adj. of vn. II.
► takmilaẗ, n.f., supplement, complement: vn. II.
► BP#4100ʔikmāl, n., completion, complementing, perfecting, perfection; conclusion, termination; windup; consummation, execution: vn. IV.
► BP#4237takāmul, n., integration; unification to a perfect whole: vn. VI | ḥisāb al-~, n., integral calculus.
► takāmulī, adj., integrative; all-including and unifying to form a perfect whole: nsb-adj. of vn. VI | madrasaẗ ~iyyaẗ, n., comprehensive school (integrating all grades).
► BP#4383ĭktimāl, n., completion; maturity, ripeness: vn. VIII.
► BP#2649ĭstikmāl, n., conclusion, termination, finishing: vn. X.
► BP#384kāmil, pl. kamalaẗ, adj., perfect, consummate; genuine, sterling; complete, full, plenary, full-strength; completed, concluded; whole, entire, total, integral; name of a poetic metre; folio format (paper): PA I.
► mukammil: pl. mukammilāt, n., appurtenances, accessory objects; accessories (esp. for stylish women’s clothing): PA II.
► BP#2394mutakāmil, adj., perfect; total, complete; integrative; integral; integrated: PA VI. 
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