جامع

Arabic

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of جَمَعَ‎ (jamaʕa, “to collect, gather”), from the root ج م ع‎ (j-m-ʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaː.miʕ/
    • (Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡaː.miʕ/

Adjective

جَامِع • (jāmiʕ) (feminine جَامِعَة‎ (jāmiʕa), masculine plural جَامِعُون‎ (jāmiʕūn), feminine plural جَامِعَات‎ (jāmiʕāt) or جَوَامِع‎ (jawāmiʕ), elative أَجْمَع‎ (ʔajmaʕ))

  1. comprehensive, extensive, broad, general, universal
Declension

Noun

جَامِع • (jāmiʕ) m (plural جَوَامِع‎ (jawāmiʕ))

  1. collector
  2. compiler (of books)
  3. typesetter, compositor
  4. (Islam) congregational mosque
    ‏الْجَامِع الْأَزْهَر‎ ― al-jāmiʕ al-ʔazhar ― Al-Azhar [Congregational] Mosque
Declension
Synonyms
Descendants
  • Egyptian Arabic: جامع‎ (gā́miʕ)
  • → Lishana Deni: גׄימע‎ (jemaʿ)
  • → Persian: جامع‎ (jâme')
  • → Ottoman Turkish: جامع‎ (cami)

References

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaː.ma.ʕa/

Verb

جَامَعَ • (jāmaʕa) III, non-past يُجَامِعُ‎‎ (yujāmiʕu)

  1. to copulate with
Conjugation
Descendants

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَامِع‎ (jāmiʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaːmɪʕ/

Noun

جامع • (gā́miʿ) m (plural جوامع‎ (gawā́miʿ))

  1. mosque

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَامِع‎ (jāmiʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒaː.miʕ/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun

جامع • (jāmiʕ) m (plural جوامع‎ (jwāmaʕ))

  1. mosque

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic جَامِع‎ (jāmiʕ).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɔmeʔ/

Adjective

Dari جامع
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷомеъ (jomeʾ)

جامع • (jâme') (comparative جامع‌تَر‎ (jâme'-tar), superlative جامع‌تَرین‎ (jâme'-tarin))

  1. comprehensive

Derived terms

  • جامعیت‎ (jâme'iyyat)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج م ع‎

Etymology

From Arabic جَامِع‎ (jāmiʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒaː.meʕ/, [ˈʒæː.mɪʕ]
  • (file)

Noun

جامع • (jāmeʕ) m (plural جوامع‎ (jawāmeʕ))

  1. mosque
    Synonym: مسجد‎ (masjed)
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