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جمل

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See also: حمل, ج م ل, and ح م ل

Arabic

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Root
ج م ل (j m l)
15 terms

Etymology 1.1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to sum up, to summarize
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Etymology 1.2

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Noun

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جَمْل (jamlm

  1. verbal noun of جَمَلَ (jamala) (form I)
Declension
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Etymology 1.3

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Noun

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جُمَل (jumalpl

  1. plural of جُمْلَة (jumla)

Etymology 2.1

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Verb

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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
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Etymology 2.2

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Verb

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

  1. to make beautiful, to beautify, to embellish, to adorn
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Etymology 3

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جَمَلٌ
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From Proto-West Semitic *gamal-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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
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Descendants
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  • Egyptian Arabic: جمل (gámal)
  • Maltese: ġemel
  • Swahili: ngamia
See also
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Further reading
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  • 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[1] (in German), volume 127, pages 254–257

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic جَمَل (jamal, camel).

Noun

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جمل (cemel) (plural جمال or اجمال)

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

Further reading

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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ج م ل
3 terms

From Arabic جَمَّلَ (jammala).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. to beautify, to make beautiful, to make pretty
Conjugation
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    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

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From Arabic جَمَل (jamal).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. camel