فجر

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Arabic

Root
ف ج ر (f j r)
8 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /fa.d͡ʒa.ra/

Verb

فَجَرَ (fajara) I (non-past يَفْجُرُ (yafjuru), verbal noun فَجْر (fajr))

  1. to cleave, to break up, to dig up
Conjugation

Verb

فَجَرَ (fajara) I (non-past يَفْجُرُ (yafjuru), verbal noun فُجُور (fujūr))

  1. to act immorally, to be wicked, to sin
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 75:5:
      بَلْ يُرِيدُ الْإِنْسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُ
      bal yurīdu l-ʔinsānu liyafjura ʔamāmahu
      but man desires to act sinfully in what is before him
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /fad͡ʒ.d͡ʒa.ra/

Verb

فَجَّرَ (fajjara) II (non-past يُفَجِّرُ (yufajjiru), verbal noun تَفْجِير (tafjīr))

  1. to create an outlet or passage (for water)
  2. to let pour forth
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 82:1-5:
      إِذَا السَّمَاء ٱنْفَطَرَتْ ۝ وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنْتَثَرَتْ ۝ وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ ۝ وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ ۝ عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ ۝
      When the sky breaks apart / And when the stars commence to scatter / And when the seas gush forth / And when the graves are strewn / A soul will know what it has put forward and what it has set back.
  3. to cleave, to split
  4. to explode
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /fad͡ʒr/

Noun

فَجْر (fajrm

  1. verbal noun of فَجَرَ (fajara, to break up, to sin) (form I)
  2. daybreak; dawn
    Synonyms: فَلَق (falaq), (archaic) صُبْح (ṣubḥ), (literary) غَدَاة (ḡadāh), (literary) بُكْرَة (bukra)
    Coordinate terms: شَفَق (šafaq, the evening twilight, afterglow; gloaming), غَسَق (ḡasaq, dusk)
    فِي الْفَجْرِ الْبَاكِرِ، كَانَتِ الشُّوَارِعُ هَادِئَةً وَخَالِيَةً مِنَ الزُّحَامِ.
    al-fajri al-bākiri, kānati š-šuwāriʕu hādiʔatan waḵāliyatan mina z-zuḥāmi.
    In the early dawn, the streets were quiet and free from traffic.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 97:5:
      سَلَامٌ هِيَ حَتَّى مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ
      salāmun hiya ḥattā maṭlaʕi l-fajri
      Abdulala Maududi: All peace is that night until the rise of dawn.
  3. (figuratively) dawn, beginning, outset, start
Declension
Derived terms

Noun

فَجْر (fajrf

  1. the morning prayer
Declension
Descendants

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ف ج ر
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic فَجْر (fajr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.d͡ʒir/, /fa.d͡ʒur/

Noun

فَجِر or فَجُر (fajir or fajurm

  1. dawn

Etymology 2

From Arabic فُجْر (fujr).

Pronunciation

Noun

فُجُر (fujurm

  1. wickedness
    Synonym: فُجور (fujūr)

Etymology 3

From Arabic فَجَر (fajar).

Pronunciation

Verb

فَجَر (fajar) I (non-past يِفْجُر (yifjur))

  1. to debauch
Conjugation
    Conjugation of فجر (fajar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m فجرت (fajart) فجرت (fajart) فجر (fajar) فجرنا (fajarna) فجرتوا (fajartu) فجروا (fajaru)
f فجرتي (fajarti) فجرت (fajarat)
non-past m أفجر (ʔafjur) تفجر (tifjur) يفجر (yifjur) نفجر (nifjur) تفجروا (tifjuru) يفجروا (yifjuru)
f تفجري (tifjuri) تفجر (tifjur)
imperative m افجر (afjur) افجروا (afjuru)
f افجري (afjuri)

Etymology 4

From Arabic فَجَّر (fajjar).

Pronunciation

Verb

فَجَّر (fajjar) II (non-past يِفَجِّر (yifajjir))

  1. to bomb
  2. to blow up
Conjugation
    Conjugation of فجر (fajjar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m فجرت (fajjart) فجرت (fajjart) فجر (fajjar) فجرنا (fajjarna) فجرتوا (fajjartu) فجروا (fajjaru)
f فجرتي (fajjarti) فجرت (fajjarat)
non-past m أفجر (ʔafajjir) تفجر (tifajjir) يفجر (yifajjir) نفجر (nifajjir) تفجروا (tifajjiru) يفجروا (yifajjiru)
f تفجري (tifajjiri) تفجر (tifajjir)
imperative m فجر (fajjir) فجروا (fajjiru)
f فجري (fajjiri)

Persian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَجْر (fajr).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? fajr
Dari reading? fajr
Iranian reading? fajr
Tajik reading? fajr

Noun

فجر (fajr)

  1. dawn

Descendants

Punjabi

Etymology

From Classical Persian فجر (fajr), from Arabic فَجْر (fajr).

Pronunciation

Noun

فَجَر (fajarm (Gurmukhi spelling ਫ਼ਜਰ)

  1. morning, dawn

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف ج ر
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic فَجْر (fajr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faʒr/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

فجر (fajrm

  1. dawn
    صلاة الفجرṣalāt il-fajrthe morning prayer

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