جمل

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See also: حمل, ج م ل, and ح م ل

Arabic

Root
ج م ل (j m l)
15 terms

Etymology 1.1

Pronunciation

Verb

جَمَلَ (jamala) I (non-past يَجْمُلُ (yajmulu), verbal noun جَمْل (jaml))

  1. to sum up, to summarize
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Noun

جَمْل (jamlm

  1. verbal noun of جَمَلَ (jamala) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 1.3

Noun

جُمَل (jumalpl

  1. plural of جُمْلَة (jumla)

Etymology 2.1

Verb

جَمُلَ (jamula) I (non-past يَجْمُلُ (yajmulu), verbal noun جَمَال (jamāl))

  1. to be beautiful, to be pretty, to be graceful
  2. to be handsome, to be comely
  3. to be appropriate, to be proper, to be suitable
Conjugation

Etymology 2.2

Verb

جَمَّلَ (jammala) II (non-past يُجَمِّلُ (yujammilu), verbal noun تَجْمِيل (tajmīl))

  1. to make beautiful, to beautify, to embellish, to adorn
Conjugation

Etymology 3

جَمَلٌ
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From Proto-West Semitic *gamal-.

Pronunciation

Noun

جَمَل (jamalm (plural جِمَال (jimāl) or جِمَالَة (jimāla) or أَجْمَال (ʔajmāl) or أَجْمُل (ʔajmul) or جِمَالَات (jimālāt), feminine نَاقَة (nāqa))

  1. male camel
  2. ellipsis of جَمَل الْيَهُود (jamal al-yahūd, chameleon; mantis).
Declension
Descendants
  • Egyptian Arabic: جمل (gámal)
  • Maltese: ġemel
  • Swahili: ngamia
See also
Further reading
  • Singer, Hans-Rudolf (1977) “Fortleben alten Wortgutes in arabischen Beduinen-Mundarten. II: Bezeichnungen für Kameltrupps [Survival of old wordstock in Arabic bedouin dialects. II. Terms for camel flocks.]”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 127, pages 254–257

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic جَمَل (jamal, camel).

Noun

جمل (cemel) (plural جمال or اجمال)

  1. male camel, especially a full-grown one
    Synonym: نر (ner)

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ج م ل
3 terms

From Arabic جَمَّلَ (jammala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒam.mal/, ,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

جمّل (jammal) II (present بجمّل (bijammel))

  1. to beautify, to make beautiful, to make pretty
Conjugation
    Conjugation of جمّل (jammal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m جمّلت (jammalt) جمّلت (jammalt) جمّل (jammal) جمّلنا (jammalna) جمّلتو (jammaltu) جمّلو (jammalu)
f جمّلتي (jammalti) جمّلت (jammalat)
present m بجمّل (bajammel) بتجمّل (bitjammel) بجمّل (bijammel) منجمّل (minjammel) بتجمّلو (bitjammlu) بجمّلو (bijammlu)
f بتجمّلي (bitjammli) بتجمّل (bitjammel)
subjunctive m اجمّل (ajammel) تجمّل (tjammel) يجمّل (yjammel) نجمّل (njammel) تجمّلو (tjammlu) يجمّلو (yjammlu)
f تجمّلي (tjammli) تجمّل (tjammel)
imperative m جمّل (jammel) جمّلو (jammlu)
f جمّلي (jammli)

Etymology 2

From Arabic جَمَل (jamal).

Pronunciation

Noun

جمل (jamalm (plural جمال (jmāl), feminine ناقة (nāqa))

  1. camel