جرار

Arabic

Etymology 1

Noun

جِرَار • (jirār) m

1. verbal noun of جَارَّ (jārra) (form III)

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

جِرَار • (jirār) m pl

1. plural of جَرّ (jarr)

Etymology 3

Characteristic adjective from the root ج ر ر (j-r-r).

Adjective

جَرَّار • (jarrār)

1. dragging along behind oneself, marching heavily

Declension

Noun

جَرَّار • (jarrār) m (plural جَرَّارَات (jarrārāt))

1. tug, a vehicle that pulls things such as a tractor or tugboat
2. (as جَرَّارَة (jarrāra) or as an adjective in the masculine or feminine after عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab, “scorpion”)) deathstalker (Compsobuthus pallidus and Leiurus (?), a scorpion which drags its prey on its tail behind itself)
   • 975–997, محمد بن أحمد الخوارزمي [muḥammad ibn ʕaḥmad al-ḵwārizmī], edited by Gerlof van Vloten, مفاتيح العلوم [mafātīḥ al-ʕulūm], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1895, pages 158 line 8–9:

     الجرّارات وهي عقارب صغار تجرّ أذنابها وتكون ببلاد الخوز ويقال لها بالنبطيّة كرورا

     jarrārāt are little scorpions dragging along their tails found in Khuzistan and called in Nabataean gərōrā.

     Commented in Seidel, Ernst (1915) “Die Medizin im Kitâb Mafâtîḥ al ʿUlûm”, in Sitzungsberichte der Physikalisch-Medizinischen Sozietät zu Erlangen‎ (in German), volume 47, page 19 Anm. 33. Identified as Compsobuthus pallidus by Wildlife of Kuwait, who on closer look also connect loci classici. But new species are continuously discovered: Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Stockmann, Mark, Šťáhlavský, František (2020) “Notes on Compsobuthus: redescription of C. arabicus Levy et al., 1973 from Arabia, and description of two new species from North Africa (Scorpiones: Buthidae)”, in Euscorpius – Occasional Publications in Scorpiology‎, number 298. The ranges of scorpions are difficult to determine too, e.g. it is unknown for the Hebrew deathstalker Leiurus hebraeus, so one cannot tell based on this whether the Arabic term is a calque of Aramaic.

Declension

Etymology 4

Occupational noun of جَرَّة (jarra, “jar”).

Noun

جَرَّار • (jarrār) m (plural جَرَّارُونَ (jarrārūna))

1. a seller of jars

Declension

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَرَّار (jarrār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒar.raːr/,

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

جرّار • (jarrār) m (plural جوارير (jawārīr))

1. drawer

   Synonym: (Galilee) جارور (jārūr)

2. shutter (of a shop etc.)
3. zip, zipper

   Synonym: سحاب (saḥḥāb)