amel

• IPA^(key): /ˈæməl/

From Middle English amal, from Old English amell, from Old French esmail.

amel (plural amels)

1. (obsolete) Enamel.
   • 1664, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours. […], London: […] Henry Herringman […], →OCLC:

     a blue and yellow composed a green amel

From Old English amellen, from Old French esmailler (“to enamel”), from esmail (“enamel”).

amel (third-person singular simple present amels, present participle amelling or (US) ameling, simple past and past participle amelled or (US) ameled)

1. (obsolete) To enamel.

• Elma, mela, mela-, -meal, meal, alme, Lema, male-, Male, male, leam, lame, lamé, Leam, Elam, Malé, lema

From Arabic عَمَل (ʕamal).

amel

1. diarrhea

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عمل ('amel), from Arabic عَمَل (ʕamal).

• IPA^(key): /aˈmel/
• Hyphenation: a‧mel

amel (definite accusative ameli, plural ameller)

1. (Islam, religion) deed, an action in the context of religious morality
2. (euphemistic) diarrhea
3. (dated) action, work, deed

   Synonyms: eylem, aksiyon

• “amel”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “amel”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “amel”, in Nişanyan Sözlük