مجهول

See also: مجہول

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of جَهِلَ (jahila, “to be ignorant, to not know”), from the root ج ه ل (j-h-l): literally, “not known”. The word is used to describe the passive voice, because in the passive the agent of the verb is usually not mentioned and is therefore unknown.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mad͡ʒ.huːl/
Rhymes: -uːl

Adjective

مَجْهُول • (majhūl) (feminine مَجْهُولَة (majhūla), masculine plural مَجْهُولُونَ (majhūlūna))

Declension

Declension of adjective مَجْهُول (majhūl)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَجْهُول majhūl	الْمَجْهُول al-majhūl	مَجْهُولَة majhūla	الْمَجْهُولَة al-majhūla
Nominative	مَجْهُولٌ majhūlun	الْمَجْهُولُ al-majhūlu	مَجْهُولَةٌ majhūlatun	الْمَجْهُولَةُ al-majhūlatu
Accusative	مَجْهُولًا majhūlan	الْمَجْهُولَ al-majhūla	مَجْهُولَةً majhūlatan	الْمَجْهُولَةَ al-majhūlata
Genitive	مَجْهُولٍ majhūlin	الْمَجْهُولِ al-majhūli	مَجْهُولَةٍ majhūlatin	الْمَجْهُولَةِ al-majhūlati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَجْهُولَيْن majhūlayn	الْمَجْهُولَيْن al-majhūlayn	مَجْهُولَتَيْن majhūlatayn	الْمَجْهُولَتَيْن al-majhūlatayn
Nominative	مَجْهُولَانِ majhūlāni	الْمَجْهُولَانِ al-majhūlāni	مَجْهُولَتَانِ majhūlatāni	الْمَجْهُولَتَانِ al-majhūlatāni
Accusative	مَجْهُولَيْنِ majhūlayni	الْمَجْهُولَيْنِ al-majhūlayni	مَجْهُولَتَيْنِ majhūlatayni	الْمَجْهُولَتَيْنِ al-majhūlatayni
Genitive	مَجْهُولَيْنِ majhūlayni	الْمَجْهُولَيْنِ al-majhūlayni	مَجْهُولَتَيْنِ majhūlatayni	الْمَجْهُولَتَيْنِ al-majhūlatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَجْهُولِين majhūlīn	الْمَجْهُولِين al-majhūlīn	مَجْهُولَات majhūlāt	الْمَجْهُولَات al-majhūlāt
Nominative	مَجْهُولُونَ majhūlūna	الْمَجْهُولُونَ al-majhūlūna	مَجْهُولَاتٌ majhūlātun	الْمَجْهُولَاتُ al-majhūlātu
Accusative	مَجْهُولِينَ majhūlīna	الْمَجْهُولِينَ al-majhūlīna	مَجْهُولَاتٍ majhūlātin	الْمَجْهُولَاتِ al-majhūlāti
Genitive	مَجْهُولِينَ majhūlīna	الْمَجْهُولِينَ al-majhūlīna	مَجْهُولَاتٍ majhūlātin	الْمَجْهُولَاتِ al-majhūlāti

Descendants

Azerbaijani: məchul
Classical Persian: مَجْهُول (majhūl)
- Tajik: маҷҳул (majhul)
- → Chagatai:
  - Uyghur: مەجھۇل (mejhul)
  - Uzbek: majhul
- → Hindustani:
  - Hindi: मजहूल (majhūl)
  - Urdu: مجہول
→ Ottoman Turkish: مجهول
- Turkish: meçhul
- → Crimean Tatar: mecul

Noun

مَجْهُول • (majhūl) m

(grammar) passive voice
a variety of date palm with large and sweet fruit

Declension

Declension of noun مَجْهُول (majhūl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَجْهُول majhūl	الْمَجْهُول al-majhūl	مَجْهُول majhūl
Nominative	مَجْهُولٌ majhūlun	الْمَجْهُولُ al-majhūlu	مَجْهُولُ majhūlu
Accusative	مَجْهُولًا majhūlan	الْمَجْهُولَ al-majhūla	مَجْهُولَ majhūla
Genitive	مَجْهُولٍ majhūlin	الْمَجْهُولِ al-majhūli	مَجْهُولِ majhūli

Coordinate terms

مَعْلُوم (maʕlūm), مَعْرُوف (maʕrūf, “active voice”)

References

Lane, Edward William (1863) “مجهول”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مجهول”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979) “مجهول”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN