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qatl (inf. n. of قتل 'to kill,' etc.), s.m. Killing, slaying, slaughtering; putting to death, executing, execution;—murder; homicide; assassination;—bloodshed, slaughter, carnage, massacre:—qatl ba-ḵẖat̤ā, or qatl-ě-ḵẖat̤ā, Killing by mistake; accidental homicide; manslaughter:—qatl-ě-’ām, A general massacre:—qatl-ě-’amd, Wilful murder or homicide:—qatl karnā, v.t. To kill, slay; to put to death, to execute; to murder, to assassinate; to slaughter, massacre:—qatl-gāh, or qatl-gah, s.f. Place of execution; place or scene of murder or carnage:—qatl honā, v.n. To be killed; to be put to death, etc.
Origin: Arabic