جبل

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See also: چپل, ختل, and حبل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ج ب ل (j b l)
1 term

Compare Ugaritic 𐎂𐎁𐎍 (gbl), Hebrew גְּבוּל (gəḇūl, border).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.bal/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

جَبَل (jabalm (plural جِبَال (jibāl) or أَجْبَال (ʔajbāl))

  1. mountain
  2. mountains, mountain range
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

جَبَلَ (jabala) I (non-past يَجْبُلُ (yajbulu) or يَجْبِلُ (yajbilu), verbal noun جَبْل (jabl))

  1. to mold, to form, to shape, to fashion
  2. to knead
  3. to create
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

جَبْل (jablm

  1. verbal noun of جَبَلَ (jabala) (form I)
    1. creation
    2. formation
    3. kneading
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “جبل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 241
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جبل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “جبل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 164

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ج ب ل
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic جَبَل (jabal).

Pronunciation

Noun

جبل (jbalm (plural جبال (jbāl) or جبولة (jbūla))

  1. mountain

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic جَبَل (jabal).

Noun

جبل (cebel)

  1. mountain, hill
    Synonym: داغ (dağ)
  2. a mountainous place; hill country

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَبَل (jabal).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? jaḇal
Dari reading? jabal
Iranian reading? jabal
Tajik reading? jabal

Noun

جبل (jabal)

  1. mountain

Sindhi

Etymology

From Arabic جَبَل (jabal).

Pronunciation

Noun

جَبَلُ (jabalu? (Devanagari जबलु)

  1. mountain

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج ب ل
1 term
جبل في منطقة قوقازa mountain in the Caucasus region

Etymology

From Arabic جَبَل (jabal).

Pronunciation

Noun

جبل (jabalm (plural جبال (jbāl))

  1. hill, mountain
    سلسلة جبالsilsilet jbālmountain range
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)

See also

  • تل (tall, hill, mound)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَبَل (jabal).

Noun

جبل (jabalm (Hindi spelling जबल)

  1. mountain

Synonyms