حجر

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See also: حجز and جحر

Arabic

Root
ح ج ر (ḥ j r)
4 terms

Etymology 1.1

Pronunciation

Verb

حَجَرَ (ḥajara) I (non-past يَحْجُرُ (yaḥjuru), verbal noun حَجْر (ḥajr) or حِجْر (ḥijr) or حُجْر (ḥujr) or حِجْرَان (ḥijrān) or حُجْرَان (ḥujrān))

  1. to stop, to hinder
  2. to deny access
  3. to forbid, to prohibit
  4. to place under legal guardianship (after declaring incompetent)
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħad͡ʒ.d͡ʒa.ra/

Verb

حَجَّرَ (ḥajjara) II (non-past يُحَجِّرُ (yuḥajjiru), verbal noun تَحْجِير (taḥjīr))

  1. to make an enclosure around
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Pronunciation

Noun

حَجْر (ḥajrm

  1. verbal noun of حَجَرَ (ḥajara) (form I)
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Etymology 1.4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħid͡ʒr/, /ħud͡ʒr/

Noun

حِجْر or حُجْر (ḥijr or ḥujrm (plural أَحْجَار (ʔaḥjār) or حِجَار (ḥijār))

  1. verbal noun of حَجَرَ (ḥajara) (form I)
  2. wall, enclosure
    1. dam
    2. northern wall of the Kaaba
    3. gathered seam of a garment, seam of a shirt
  3. intellect
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Etymology 1.5

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħid͡ʒr/, /ħud͡ʒr/

Adjective

حِجْر or حُجْر (ḥijr or ḥujr)

  1. forbidden, prohibited, of restricted access
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Etymology 2.1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.d͡ʒar/
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Noun

حَجَر (ḥajarm (plural أَحْجَار (ʔaḥjār) or حِجَارَة (ḥijāra) or حِجَار (ḥijār))

  1. stone
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:74:
      ثُمَّ قَسَتْ قُلُوبُكُم مِّن بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ فَهِيَ كَالْحِجَارَةِ أَوْ أَشَدُّ قَسْوَةً ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ لَمَا يَتَفَجَّرُ مِنْهُ الْأَنْهَارُ ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَشَّقَّقُ فَيَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ الْمَاءُ ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَهْبِطُ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ ۗ وَمَا اللَّهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
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Derived terms

Etymology 2.2

Pronunciation

Adjective

حَجِر (ḥajir)

  1. stony
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Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħid͡ʒr/, /ħud͡ʒr/

Noun

حِجْر or حُجْر (ḥijr or ḥujrm (plural أَحْجَار (ʔaḥjār))

  1. hole of a mouse, snake, etc.
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħid͡ʒr/, /ħud͡ʒr/

Noun

حِجْر or حُجْر (ḥijr or ḥujrm (plural أَحْجَار (ʔaḥjār) or حُجُور (ḥujūr) or حُجُورَة (ḥujūra))

  1. mare
  2. the ancient dwellings of the Thamudites
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Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħud͡ʒr/, /ħad͡ʒr/

Noun

حُجْر or حَجْر (ḥujr or ḥajrm

  1. bosom, embrace, lap
    • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 38:32:
      وَضَعَهُ فِي حَجْرِهِ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِتَمْرَةٍ فَمَضَغَهَا ثُمَّ تَفَلَ فِي فِيهِ فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ شَىْءٍ دَخَلَ جَوْفَهُ رِيقُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ حَنَّكَهُ بِالتَّمْرَةِ ثُمَّ دَعَا لَهُ وَبَرَّكَ عَلَيْهِ وَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَوْلُودٍ وُلِدَ فِي الإِسْلَامِ
      waḍaʕahu fī ḥajrihi ṯumma daʕā bitamratin fa-maḍaḡahā ṯumma tafala fī fīhi fa-kāna ʔawwala šāʔin daḵala jawfahu rīqu rasūli lahi ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wa-sallama ṯumma ḥannakahu bi-t-tamrati ṯumma daʕā lahu wa-barraka ʕalayhi wa-kāna ʔawwala mawlūdin wulida fī l-ʔislāmi
      He placed him on his lap then called for a date and then chewed it and then spat into him and the first thing that went into his stomach was the spittle of God’s messenger, then he rubbed his palate with the date, then he called for him and blessed him, and it was the first child born in Islam.
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