دجال

See also: دخال

Arabic

Root
د ج ل (d j l)
1 term

Etymology

Belongs to د ج ل (d-j-l) now, with a verb دَجَلَ (dajala, “dupe, cheat, swindle, deceive”), but the early religious use suggests that these meanings are a semantic loan from Classical Syriac ܕܰܓܳܠܳܐ (daggālā, “liar”), also used for the False Messiah, whereas the Arabic root prominently means “smearing things over other things”, “coating”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dad͡ʒ.d͡ʒaːl/

Noun

دَجَّال • (dajjāl) m (plural دَجَّالُون (dajjālūn) or دَجَاجِلَة (dajājila), feminine دَجَّالَة (dajjāla))

someone who covers, coats things
1. gilder, silverer
swindler, cheat, imposter, charlatan, mountebank, liar
(Islam) the False Messiah
Synonyms: (Christianity) ضِدّ المَسِيح (ḍidd al-masīḥ, “the Antichrist”), (Christianity) نَقِيض المَسِيح (naqīḍ al-masīḥ, “the Antichrist”)

Declension

Declension of noun دَجَّال (dajjāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَجَّال dajjāl	الدَّجَّال ad-dajjāl	دَجَّال dajjāl
Nominative	دَجَّالٌ dajjālun	الدَّجَّالُ ad-dajjālu	دَجَّالُ dajjālu
Accusative	دَجَّالًا dajjālan	الدَّجَّالَ ad-dajjāla	دَجَّالَ dajjāla
Genitive	دَجَّالٍ dajjālin	الدَّجَّالِ ad-dajjāli	دَجَّالِ dajjāli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَجَّالَيْن dajjālayn	الدَّجَّالَيْن ad-dajjālayn	دَجَّالَيْ dajjālay
Nominative	دَجَّالَانِ dajjālāni	الدَّجَّالَانِ ad-dajjālāni	دَجَّالَا dajjālā
Accusative	دَجَّالَيْنِ dajjālayni	الدَّجَّالَيْنِ ad-dajjālayni	دَجَّالَيْ dajjālay
Genitive	دَجَّالَيْنِ dajjālayni	الدَّجَّالَيْنِ ad-dajjālayni	دَجَّالَيْ dajjālay
Plural	sound masculine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَجَّالِين‎; دَجَاجِلَة dajjālīn‎; dajājila	الدَّجَّالِين‎; الدَّجَاجِلَة ad-dajjālīn‎; ad-dajājila	دَجَّالِي‎; دَجَاجِلَة dajjālī‎; dajājilat
Nominative	دَجَّالُونَ‎; دَجَاجِلَةٌ dajjālūna‎; dajājilatun	الدَّجَّالُونَ‎; الدَّجَاجِلَةُ ad-dajjālūna‎; ad-dajājilatu	دَجَّالُو‎; دَجَاجِلَةُ dajjālū‎; dajājilatu
Accusative	دَجَّالِينَ‎; دَجَاجِلَةً dajjālīna‎; dajājilatan	الدَّجَّالِينَ‎; الدَّجَاجِلَةَ ad-dajjālīna‎; ad-dajājilata	دَجَّالِي‎; دَجَاجِلَةَ dajjālī‎; dajājilata
Genitive	دَجَّالِينَ‎; دَجَاجِلَةٍ dajjālīna‎; dajājilatin	الدَّجَّالِينَ‎; الدَّجَاجِلَةِ ad-dajjālīna‎; ad-dajājilati	دَجَّالِي‎; دَجَاجِلَةِ dajjālī‎; dajājilati

Descendants

→ English: dajjaal
→ Azerbaijani: dəccal
→ Persian: دجال (dajjâl)
- → Tajik: даҷҷол (dajjol)
→ Kazakh: тажал (tajal), дәжәл (däjäl), дәжжәл (däjjäl)
→ Malay: dajal, dajjal
- Indonesian: dajal
→ Malayalam: ദജ്ജാൽ (dajjāl)
→ Ottoman Turkish: دجال (deccal)
→ Tamil: தச்சால் (taccāl), தஜ்ஜால் (tajjāl)
- → Turkish: deccal
→ Uyghur: دەججال (dejjal)
→ Uzbek: dajjol

References

Schwally, Friedrich (1898) “Lexikalische Studien”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 52, page 132
Wehr, Hans (1979) “دجل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 314