ميلة

Arabic

Proper noun

مِيلَة • (mīla) f

  1. Mila (a province of Algeria)
  2. Mila (the capital city of Mila Province, Algeria)
Declension

Etymology 2

Instance noun of مَالَ (māla)

Noun

مَيْلَة • (mayla) f (plural مَيْلَات (maylāt))

  1. encroachment, attack
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:102:
      وَدَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ تَغْفُلُونَ عَنْ أَسْلِحَتِكُمْ وَأَمْتِعَتِكُمْ فَيَمِيلُونَ عَلَيْكُم مَّيْلَةً وَاحِدَةً
      wadda allaḏīna kafarū law taḡfulūna ʕan ʔasliḥatikum waʔamtiʕatikum fayamīlūna ʕalaykum mmaylatan wāḥidatan
      Those who disbelieve wish that ye would neglect your weapons and your useful belongings so they could come down upon you in one encroachment.
Declension
References
  • Badawi, Elsaid M., Abdel Haleem, Muhammad (2008) Arabic-English Dictionary of Qurʾanic Usage (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 85), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 909
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