راجل

Derived from the active participle of رَجِلَ (rajila, “to go on foot”), from the root ر ج ل (r-j-l); compare رِجْل (rijl, “foot, leg”).

• IPA^(key): /raː.d͡ʒil/

رَاجِل • (rājil) m (plural رَجْل (rajl) or رِجَال (rijāl) or رَجْلَة (rajla) or رَجْلَى (rajlā) or رُجَّال (rujjāl) or رَجَّالَة (rajjāla) or رُجَّالَى (rujjālā) or رَجَالَى (rajālā) or رُجَالَى (rujālā) or رُجْلَان (rujlān) or أَرَاجِل (ʔarājil) or أَرَاجِيل (ʔarājīl) or أَرْجِلَة (ʔarjila))

1. pedestrian
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:239:

     فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ فَرِجَالًا أَوْ رُكْبَانًا

     faʔin ḵiftum farijālan ʔaw rukbānan

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. good walker
3. footsoldier

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “راجل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

From Arabic رَاجِل (rājil, “walker, pedestrian, footman”).

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راجل • (rājil) m (plural رجال (rujāl))

1. man

From Arabic رَاجِل (rājil, “walker, pedestrian, footman”).

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راجل • (rā́gil) m (plural رجالة (riggā́la)) (countable)

1. a man

   الله يرحمه كان راجل شرقي ودمه حامى.

   allā́h yirḥám-u kān rā́gil šárʾi wi dámm-u ḥā́mi.

   May he rest in peace. He was a jealous oriental man.

2. (uncommon) a woman's man, a husband (especially one who is deemed manly)

   لو بتحبها بجد خليك راجلها.

   law bitḥibb-áha bi-gádd xallī́k ragíl-ha.

   If you really love her, be her man.

3. king (playing cards)

• رجالى (rigā́li)
• رجولة (rugū́la)
• استرجل (istárgil)

• ستّ (sitt)
• انسان (insā́n)
• بنى ادم (báni ʔā́dam)

From Arabic رَاجِل (rājil).

• IPA^(key): /raː.ʒil/

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راجل • (rājil) m (plural رجال (rjāl) or رجالة (rujjāla))

1. man
2. husband