جاهل

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Arabic

Root
ج ه ل (j h l)
9 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of جَهِلَ (jahila, to be ignorant).

Pronunciation

Adjective

جَاهِل (jāhil) (feminine جَاهِلَة (jāhila), common plural جُهَّل (juhhal), masculine plural جَاهِلُون (jāhilūn) or جُهَّال (juhhāl) or جُهَلَاء (juhalāʔ) or جَهَلَة (jahala), feminine plural جَاهِلَات (jāhilāt) or جَوَاهِل (jawāhil), elative أَجْهَل (ʔajhal))

  1. ignorant, uneducated
  2. foolish
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 25:63:
      وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ هَوْنًا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلْجَـٰهِلُونَ قَالُوا سَلَٰمًا
      waʕibādu r-raḥmāni llaḏīna yamšūna ʕalā l-ʔarḍi hawnan waʔiḏā ḵāṭabahumu l-jāhilūna qālū salāman
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Descendants

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ج ه ل
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic جَاهِل (jāhil).

Pronunciation

Adjective

جاهل (jāhil) (feminine جاهلة (jāhla), common plural جهال (juhhāl) or جهلة (juhala), masculine plural جاهلين (jāhlīn), feminine plural جاهلات (jāhlāt), elative جهل (jhal) or أجهل (ʔajhal))

  1. ignorant, illiterate, uneducated
  2. having a blind rage

Northern Kurdish

Adjective

جاهل (cahil)

  1. Arabic spelling of cahil

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic جَاهِل (jāhil).

Adjective

جاهل (cahil)

  1. ignorant, idiot
    Synonyms: بلمز (bilmez), نادان (nadan)

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Descendants

References

  • Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “جاهل”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 178

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَاهِل (jāhil).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? jāhil
Dari reading? jāhil
Iranian reading? jâhel
Tajik reading? johil

Adjective

Dari جاهل
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷоҳил

جاهل (jâhel) (comparative جاهل‌تَر (jâhel-tar), superlative جاهل‌تَرین (jâhel-tarin))

  1. foolish, unwise
  2. ignorant, uninformed
  3. (informal, now rare) young

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