حجر

Arabic

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ħa.d͡ʒa.ra/

Verb

حَجَرَ • (ḥajara) I, non-past يَحْجُرُ‎ (yaḥjuru)

1. to stop, to detain, to hinder, to debar
2. to forbid, to interdict (something) (عَلَى (ʕalā) to someone)

Conjugation

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ħad͡ʒ.d͡ʒa.ra/

Verb

حَجَّرَ • (ḥajjara) II, non-past يُحَجِّرُ‎ (yuḥajjiru)

1. to make an enclosure around

Conjugation

Pronunciation 3

• IPA^(key): /ħa.d͡ʒar/

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Noun

حَجَر • (ḥajar) m (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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Declension

Derived terms

• أُمّ الْحِجَار السُّود (ʔumm al-ḥijār as-sūd)
• حَجَرِيّ (ḥajariyy, “stone”, adjective)

Pronunciation 4

• IPA^(key): /ħad͡ʒr/

Noun

حَجْر • (ḥajr) m

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

Declension

Pronunciation 5

• IPA^(key): /ħid͡ʒr/, /ħud͡ʒr/

Noun

حِجْر or حُجْر • (ḥijr or ḥujr) m (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

Declension

Noun

حِجْر or حُجْر • (ḥijr or ḥujr) m (plural أَحْجَار (ʔaḥjār))

1. hole of a mouse, snake, etc.

Declension

Noun

حِجْر or حُجْر • (ḥijr or ḥujr) m (plural أَحْجَار (ʔaḥjār) or حُجُور (ḥujūr) or حُجُورَة (ḥujūra))

1. mare
2. the ancient dwellings of the Thamudites

Declension

Pronunciation 6

• IPA^(key): /ħud͡ʒr/, /ħad͡ʒr/

Noun

حُجْر or حَجْر • (ḥujr or ḥajr) m

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 llahi 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.

Declension

Pronunciation 7

• IPA^(key): /ħid͡ʒr/, /ħud͡ʒr/

Adjective

حِجْر or حُجْر • (ḥijr or ḥujr)

1. forbidden, prohibited, of restricted access

Declension

Pronunciation 8

• IPA^(key): /ħa.d͡ʒir/

Adjective

حَجِر • (ḥajir)

1. stony

Declension