جامع

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Arabic

Root
ج م ع (j-m-ʕ)

Etymology 1

Root
ج م ع (j-m-ʕ)

Derived from the active participle of جَمَعَ (jamaʕa, to collect, gather).

Pronunciation

Adjective

جَامِع (jāmiʕ) (feminine جَامِعَة (jāmiʕa), masculine plural جَامِعُون (jāmiʕūn), feminine plural جَامِعَات (jāmiʕāt) or جَوَامِع (jawāmiʕ), elative أَجْمَع (ʔajmaʕ))

  1. comprehensive, extensive, broad, general, universal
Declension

Noun

جَامِع (jāmiʕm (plural جَوَامِع (jawāmiʕ))

  1. collector
  2. compiler (of books)
  3. typesetter, compositor
  4. (Islam) congregational mosque
    الْجَامِع الْأَزْهَرal-jāmiʕ al-ʔazharAl-Azhar Mosque
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Descendants

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “جمع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

جَامَعَ (jāmaʕa) III, non-past يُجَامِعُ‎ (yujāmiʕu)

  1. to copulate with, to have intercourse with
    جَامَعَ زَوْجَتَهjāmaʕa zawjatahHe had intercourse with his wife.
Conjugation
Descendants

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَامِع (jāmiʕ).

Pronunciation

Noun

جامع (gāmiʕm (plural جوامع (gawāmiʕ))

  1. mosque

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَامِع (jāmiʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒaː.miʕ/
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Noun

جامع (jāmiʕm (plural جوامع (jwāmaʕ))

  1. mosque

Ottoman Turkish

جامع

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَامِع (jāmiʕ, mosque), a derivation from the active participle of جَمَعَ (jamaʕa, to collect, gather).

Noun

جامع (camiʼ)

  1. mosque, a place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret
    Synonym: مسجد (mescid)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic جَامِع (jāmiʕ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? jāmi'
Dari reading? jāme'
Iranian reading? jâme'
Tajik reading? jomeʾ

Adjective

Dari جامع
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷомеъ

جامع (jâme') (comparative جامع‌تَر (jâme'-tar), superlative جامع‌تَرین (jâme'-tarin))

  1. comprehensive
  2. (Islam) (of a mosque) congregational or public

Derived terms

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج م ع
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَامِع (jāmiʕ).

Pronunciation

Noun

جامع (jāmeʕm (plural جوامع (jawāmeʕ))

  1. mosque
    Synonym: مسجد (masjed)