علة

Noun

 * 1) second draught of a drink
 * 2) entertainment, amusement, distraction
 * 3) need, necessity
 * 4) bad situation, misfortune
 * 5) (in polygamy) co-wife, wife other than the first wife

Noun

 * 1) defect, vice
 * 2) disease, malady, bug
 * 3) (of the morphology of a word, especially of a verb) defect, irregularity
 * 4) (of the phonology represented by the letters ا, و, ي) defect, weakness
 * 5) excuse, pretext, apology, plea
 * 6) cause, reason
 * 7) (in verse) the transition from one metrical foot to another