مجر

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
م ج ر (m-j-r)

Verb

مَجَرَ (majara) I, non-past يَمْجُرُ‎ (yamjuru)

  1. to be thirsty
Conjugation

Verb

مَجِرَ (majira) I, non-past يَمْجَرُ‎ (yamjaru)

  1. to have a full belly
Conjugation

Adjective

مَجْر (majr)

  1. numerous, vast
Declension

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish مجار (macar), from Hungarian magyar.

Pronunciation

Noun

مَجَر (majarm (collective, singulative مَجَرِيّ m (majariyy))

  1. Hungarians
Declension
Related terms
Descendants
  • Hijazi Arabic: مَجَري (majari)

Etymology 3

Root
ج ر ي (j-r-y)

Adjective

مُجْرٍ (mujrin) (feminine مُجْرِيَة (mujriya), masculine plural مُجْرُونَ (mujrūna), feminine plural مُجْرِيَاتٌ (mujriyātun))

  1. active participle of أَجْرَى (ʔajrā), making something run
    كُلُّ مُجْرٍ فِي الْخَلَاءِ يُسَرُّ
    kullu mujrin fī l-ḵalāʔi yusarru
    everyone who makes his horse run in the solitary place rejoices (i.e. everyone thinks they are best if they don't compare themselves with others)
Declension

Adjective

مُجَرٍّ (mujarrin) (feminine مُجَرِّيَة (mujarriya), masculine plural مُجَرُّونَ (mujarrūna), feminine plural مُجَرِّيَاتٌ (mujarriyātun))

  1. active participle of جَرَّى (jarrā)
Declension

References

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “مجر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 151
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “مجر”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1064
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مجر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1188

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ج ر ر
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مِجَرّ (mijarr). Compare Iraqi Arabic مجر.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʒar/
  • (file)

Noun

مجر (mjarm (plural مجور (mjūr) or مجورة (mjūra))

  1. drawer