جعد

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Arabic

Root
ج ع د (j ʕ d)
3 terms

Etymology 1.1

Verb

جَعُدَ (jaʕuda) I (non-past يَجْعُدُ (yajʕudu), verbal noun جُعُودَة (juʕūda) or جَعَادَة (jaʕāda))

  1. to be curly, to be crisp, to be twisted, to be wavy; to become curly, to become crisp, to become twisted, to become wavy
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Verb

جَعَّدَ (jaʕʕada) II (non-past يُجَعِّدُ (yujaʕʕidu), verbal noun تَجْعِيد (tajʕīd))

  1. to make curly or twisted, to wrinkle, crumple up
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Adjective

جَعْد (jaʕd) (common plural جِعَاد (jiʕād))

  1. crispy, creasy, curly
  2. stingy, closefisted
Declension

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَعْد (jaʕd).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? ja'd
Dari reading? ja'd
Iranian reading? ja'd
Tajik reading? jaʾd

Noun

جَعد (ja'd)

  1. crisp, curly hair; ringlet; tress
    Synonyms: طُرّه (torre), زُلف (zolf)
    • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 1”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎:
      به بویِ نافه‌ای کآخر صبا زان طره بگشاید
      ز تابِ جعدِ مشکینش چه خون افتاد در دل‌ها
      ba bûy-i nâfa'i k-âxir sabâ z-ân turra bugšâyad
      zi tâb-i ja'd-i muškîn-aš či xûn uftâd dar dîl-hâ
      By the scent of the musk-pod that morning’s breeze shall open at last from that lock of hair,
      From the musk-black ringlet’s twist, what blood fell into hearts!
      (romanization in Classical Persian)