أجل

See also: أخل‎, اخل‎, أحل‎, and اجل‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Elative of جَلِيل‎ (jalīl, “great, important; exalted; revered, honorable, venerable; glorious, magnificent; strong, stout, rough; old, experienced”), from the root ج ل ل‎ (j-l-l).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.d͡ʒal/
  • (file)
Adverb

أَجَل • (ʔajal)

  1. yes, indeed, no doubt

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.d͡ʒal/
Noun

أَجَل • (ʔajal) m, plural آجَال‎ (ʔājāl)

  1. fate, destiny
  2. appointed time, deadline
  3. one's allotted lifespan
Declension
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: əcəl
  • → Bengali: আজল (ajol)
  • Hindustani:
    → Hindi: अजल (ajal)
    → Urdu: اجل‎ (ajal)
  • Kurdish:
    → Northern Kurdish: ecel
  • → Malay: ajal
    • → Indonesian: ajal
  • → Pashto: اځل‎ (aǰál), اجل‎ (aǰál)
  • → Persian: اجل‎ (ajal)
  • → Swahili: ajali
  • → Tajik: аҷал (ajal)
  • → Tatar: әҗәл (äcäl)
  • → Turkish: ecel
  • → Turkmen: ajal
  • → Uzbek: ajal

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /ʔad͡ʒl/
Noun

أَجْل • (ʔajl) m

  1. Only used in مِنْ أَجْلِ‎ (min ʔajli) and لِأَجْلِ‎ (liʔajli)

Pronunciation 4

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.d͡ʒall/
Adjective

أَجَلّ • (ʔajall), feminine جُلَّى‎ (jullā), masculine plural أَجَلُّون‎ (ʔajallūn), feminine plural جُلَّيَات‎ (jullayāt)

  1. elative degree of جَلِيل‎ (jalīl):
    1. greater, more important; greatest, most important
    2. more exalted; most exalted
    3. more revered, more honorable, more venerable; most revered, most honorable, most venerable
    4. more glorious, more magnificent; most glorious, most magnificent
      • (Can we date this quote?), أَبُو اَلنَّجْم اَلْعِجْلِيُّ (ʔabū n-najm al-ʕijliyyu), (Please provide the book title or journal name):
        ‏اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْأَجْلَلِ // اَلْوَاحِدِ الْفَرْدِ الْقَدِيمِ الْأَوَّلِ‎
        al-ḥamdu lillāhi l-ʕaliyyi l-ʔajlali // al-wāḥidi l-fardi l-qadīmi l-ʔawwali
        (please add an English translation of this quote)
    5. stronger, stouter, rougher; strongest, stoutest, roughest
    6. older, more experienced; oldest, most experienced
Declension

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔad͡ʒ.d͡ʒa.la/

Verb

أَجَّلَ • (ʔajjala) II, non-past يُؤَجِّلُ‎‎ (yuʔajjilu)

  1. to postpone, to delay, to put off
    Antonym: عَجَّلَ‎ (ʕajjala)
Conjugation

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “جل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ء ج ل‎

Etymology

From Arabic أَجَّلَ‎ (ʔajjala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʒ.ʒal/, [ˈʔaʒ.ʒal], [ˈʔad.d͡ʒal]
  • (file)

Verb

أجّل • (ʔajjal), form II, present بأجّل‎ (biʔajjel), passive participle مأجّل‎ (mʔajjal)

  1. to postpone, to put off
    ‏كان لازم يأجّلو العرس.‎‎
    kān lāzem yʔajjelu l-ʕoros.
    They had to postpone the wedding.
    ‏خلّينا نأجّل هالموضوع ليوم تاني.‎‎
    ḵallīna nʔajjel hal-mauḍūʕ la-yōm tāni.
    Let's put off this subject for another day.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of أجّل (ʔajjal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m أجّلت (ʔajjalt) أجّلت (ʔajjalt) أجّل (ʔajjal) أجّلنا (ʔajjalna) أجّلتو (ʔajjaltu) أجّلو (ʔajjalu)
f أجّلتي (ʔajjalti) أجّلت (ʔajjalat)
present m بأجّل (baʔajjel) بتأجّل (bitʔajjel) بأجّل (biʔajjel) منأجّل (minʔajjel) بتأجّلو (bitʔajjlu) بأجّلو (biʔajjlu)
f بتأجّلي (bitʔajjli) بتأجّل (bitʔajjel)
subjunctive m اأجّل (aʔajjel) تأجّل (tʔajjel) يأجّل (yʔajjel) نأجّل (nʔajjel) تأجّلو (tʔajjlu) يأجّلو (yʔajjlu)
f تأجّلي (tʔajjli) تأجّل (tʔajjel)
imperative m أجّل (ʔajjel) أجّلو (ʔajjlu)
f أجّلي (ʔajjli)
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