شكل

shakl, vulg. shakal (inf. n. of شكل 'to be a like, or match,' etc.), s.f. Likeness, resemblance, semblance, appearance, image, effigy (syn. shabah); model, pattern, mode, manner (syn. misāl); shape, form, figure (syn. (ūrat); formation, configuration; (in Geom.) a diagram; a proposition:—shakl bigānā(-kī), To spoil the appearance or the form (of), to disfigure, deface; to disgrace, dishonour:—shakl banānā(-kī), To make a likeness, or a figure, etc. (of); to give shape (to); to assume a form or appearance or character:—to put on a wry face, to make a face:—shakl denā(-ko), To give form or shape (to):—shakl-ě-misālī, s.f. A model, pattern:—shakl-ě-nazarī, s.f. (in Geom.), A theorem:—shakl-navīs, s.m. A portrait-painter:—ham-shakl, adj. Of the same form or figure, like, similar.