أجير

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Arabic

Root
ء ج ر (ʔ j r)
13 terms

Etymology 1

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb أَجَرَ (ʔajara, to hire).

Pronunciation

Noun

أَجِير (ʔajīrm (plural أُجَرَاء (ʔujarāʔ) or أَجِيرُونَ (ʔajīrūna), feminine أَجِيرَة (ʔajīra))

  1. laborer, wageworker
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: aġir
  • Malay: ajir
    • Indonesian: ajir
  • Ottoman Turkish: اجیر (ecir)
  • Persian: اجیر

Etymology 2

Verb

أجير (form IV)

  1. أُجِيرَ (ʔujīra) /ʔu.d͡ʒiː.ra/: inflection of أَجَارَ (ʔajāra):
    1. third-person masculine singular past passive
    2. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive
  2. أُجِيرُ (ʔujīru) /ʔu.d͡ʒiː.ru/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of أَجَارَ (ʔajāra)