أجل

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See also: أخل, اخل, أحل, and اجل

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ء ج ل (ʔ j l)
1 term

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.d͡ʒal/
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Adverb

أَجَل (ʔajal)

  1. yes, indeed, no doubt

Noun

أَجَل (ʔajalm (plural آجَال (ʔājāl))

  1. fate, destiny
  2. appointed time, deadline
  3. one's allotted lifespan
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: əcəl
  • Bengali: আজল (ajol)
  • Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: ecel
  • Kazakh: ажал (ajal)
  • Kyrgyz: ажал (ajal)
  • Maguindanao: ajal
  • Malay: ajal
    • Indonesian: ajal
  • Pashto: اځل (aǰál), اجل (aǰál)
  • Persian: اجل (ajal)
    • Tajik: аҷал (ajal)
    • Hindustani:
    Hindi: अजल (ajal)
    Urdu: اجل (ajal)
  • Ottoman Turkish: اجل
    • Turkish: ecel
    • Crimean Tatar: ecel
  • Tatar: әҗәл (äcäl)
  • Turkmen: ajal
  • Swahili: ajali
  • Uzbek: ajal

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔad͡ʒ.d͡ʒa.la/

Verb

أَجَّلَ (ʔajjala) II (non-past يُؤَجِّلُ (yuʔajjilu), verbal noun تَأْجِيل (taʔjīl))

  1. to postpone, to delay, to put off
    Antonym: عَجَّلَ (ʕajjala)
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Pronunciation

Noun

أَجْل (ʔajlm

  1. Only used in مِنْ أَجْلِ (min ʔajli) and لِأَجْلِ (liʔajli)

Etymology 2.1

Root
ج ل ل (j l l)
7 terms

Elative of جَلِيل (jalīl).

Pronunciation

Adjective

أَجَلّ (ʔajall) (feminine جُلَّى (jullā), masculine plural أَجَلُّون (ʔajallūn), feminine plural جُلَّيَات (jullayāt))

  1. elative degree of جَلِيل (jalīl):
    1. greater, more important; greatest, most important
    2. more exalted; most exalted
    3. more revered, more honorable, more venerable; most revered, most honorable, most venerable
    4. more glorious, more magnificent; most glorious, most magnificent
      • (Can we date this quote?), أَبُو اَلنَّجْم اَلْعِجْلِيُّ, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
        اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْأَجْلَلِ // اَلْوَاحِدِ الْفَرْدِ الْقَدِيمِ الْأَوَّلِ
        al-ḥamdu lillāhi l-ʕaliyyi l-ʔajlali // al-wāḥidi l-fardi l-qadīmi l-ʔawwali
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    5. stronger, stouter, rougher; strongest, stoutest, roughest
    6. older, more experienced; oldest, most experienced
Declension

Etymology 2.2

Root
ج ل ل (j l l)
7 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

أَجَلَّ (ʔajalla) IV (non-past يُجِلُّ (yujillu), verbal noun إِجْلَال (ʔijlāl))

  1. to respect, to venerate, to honor, to glorify
Conjugation

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ء ج ل
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَجَّلَ (ʔajjala).

Pronunciation

Verb

أجّل (ʔajjal) II (present بأجّل (biʔajjel), passive participle مأجّل (mʔajjal))

  1. to postpone, to put off
    كان لازم يأجّلو العرس.
    kān lāzem yʔajjelu l-ʕoros.
    They had to postpone the wedding.
    خلّينا نأجّل هالموضوع ليوم تاني.
    ḵallīna nʔajjel hal-mauḍūʕ la-yōm tāni.
    Let's put off this subject for another day.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of أجّل (ʔajjal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m أجّلت (ʔajjalt) أجّلت (ʔajjalt) أجّل (ʔajjal) أجّلنا (ʔajjalna) أجّلتو (ʔajjaltu) أجّلو (ʔajjalu)
f أجّلتي (ʔajjalti) أجّلت (ʔajjalat)
present m بأجّل (baʔajjel) بتأجّل (bitʔajjel) بأجّل (biʔajjel) منأجّل (minʔajjel) بتأجّلو (bitʔajjlu) بأجّلو (biʔajjlu)
f بتأجّلي (bitʔajjli) بتأجّل (bitʔajjel)
subjunctive m اأجّل (aʔajjel) تأجّل (tʔajjel) يأجّل (yʔajjel) نأجّل (nʔajjel) تأجّلو (tʔajjlu) يأجّلو (yʔajjlu)
f تأجّلي (tʔajjli) تأجّل (tʔajjel)
imperative m أجّل (ʔajjel) أجّلو (ʔajjlu)
f أجّلي (ʔajjli)

Torwali

Etymology

From Sanskrit उज्ज्वल (ujjvala).

Pronunciation

Adjective

أجل (ujəl)

  1. white