English → Arabic
handle in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- miqbạḍ
- Arabizi
miqbad- Type
- noun · masculine
- Plural
- مِقْبَضَاتٌ miqbạḍāt
- Root
- ق ب ض
Other meanings
- يُدِيرُ yudīru — handle · to manage, to operate
How to use it
"Handle" as a noun is "مقبض", the part you grip. As a verb it means "to manage" or "to operate", rendered as "يدير" in MSA. Choose the sense that fits the context.
Example sentences
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امْسَكْتُ المِقْبَضَ بِقُوَّةٍ.
amsaktu al-miḳbaḍa biquwwatin.
I held the handle tightly.
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يُدِيرُ الشَّرِكَةَ مَسْؤُولٌ كَبِيرٌ.
yudīru al-šarika masʾūlun kabīrun.
A senior manager handles the firm.
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اِسْتَخْدِمْ المِقْبَضَ لِفَتْحِ البَابِ.
istakhdim al-miḳbaḍa lifatḥ al-bāb.
Use the handle to open the door.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Too Big To Handle
أكبر من أن تُدار
Let me handle this.
دعِ الأمر لي.
He can't handle the truth.
لا يستطيع تحمل الحقيقة.
I can't handle his comments
لا استطيع تحمل تعليقاته
and so how did you handle that?
كيف يمكنك القيام بهذا؟
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
لا تمسّ ولا تذق ولا تجس.
"Don't handle, nor taste, nor touch"
لا تمسّ ولا تذق ولا تجس.
I don't know how to handle children.
لا أعرف كيف أتعامل مع الأطفال.
They want Obama to handle things more.
فهم يريدون من أوباما أن يكثف من جهوده في هذا الصدد.
There is no handle, no steering nothing?
لا يوجد مقبض؟ او دفة؟
GV: How will you handle the language issue?
أ ع: كيف ستتعاملون مع مشكلة اللغة؟
Whether the specified command should handle "apt" URLs
ما إذا على الأمر المُحدد معالجة مسارات "أداة التحزيم المتقدمة"
Questions and answers
Is there a different word for a door handle?
Yes, "مقبض الباب" specifies a door handle.
Can "يدير" be used for handling objects?
For physical objects we usually say "يمسك" or "يحمل"; "يدير" is for managing tasks or people.
Related words and expressions
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