جبان

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ج ب ن‎ (j-b-n).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.baːn/

Adjective

جَبَان • (jabān), feminine جَبَانَة‎ (jabāna) or جَبَان (jabān), masculine plural جُبَنَاء‎ (jubanāʔ), feminine plural جَبَانَات‎ (jabānāt), elative أَجْبَن‎ (ʔajban)

  1. cowardly, pusillanimous
    Antonyms: شَجِيع‎ (šajīʕ), شُجَاع‎ (šujāʕ)
    • 2017 November 1, “غرفة مكافحة تنظيم داعش بصبراته تستنكر عمليات الاختطاف و المجازر”, in Al-Mutawassiṭ‎, archived from the original on 1 November 2017:
      ‏ادانت غرفة عمليات محاربة تنظيم داعش الإرهابي صبراتة بأشد العبارات العمل الإرهابي الجبان الذي أودي بحياة ستة و ثلاثون فردا في مدينة الأبيار.‎‎
      The Cell of Operations of War against the terrorist formation Daesh of Sabrata has condemned with harsh words the cowardly terrorist action by which thirty-six individuals in the town of Al-Abyār have lost their lives.
Declension

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒab.baːn/

Noun

جَبَّان • (jabbān) m, plural جَبَّانُون‎ (jabbānūn), feminine جَبَّانَة‎ (jabbāna)

  1. cheese dealer
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830), “جبان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 242
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “جبان”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 164
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