جمل

See also: حمل‎, ج م ل‎, and ح م ل‎

Arabic

Root
ج م ل‎ (j-m-l)

Verb

جَمَلَ • (jamala) I, non-past يَجْمُلُ‎‎ (yajmulu)

  1. to sum up, to summarize
Conjugation

Verb

جَمُلَ • (jamula) I, non-past يَجْمُلُ‎‎ (yajmulu)

  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
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Causative of جَمُلَ‎ (jamula).

Verb

جَمَّلَ • (jammala) II, non-past يُجَمِّلُ‎‎ (yujammilu)

  1. to make beautiful, to beautify, to embellish, to adorn
Conjugation

Noun

جَمْل • (jaml) m

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

Etymology 5

Inflected form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒu.mal/

Noun

جُمَل • (jumal) f pl

  1. plural of جُمْلَة‎ (jumla)

Etymology 6

جَمَلٌ

From Proto-Semitic *gamal-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.mal/

Noun

جَمَل • (jamal) m (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
Descendants
  • Egyptian Arabic: جمل‎ (gámal)
  • Maltese: ġemel
  • → Swahili: ngamia
See also
Further reading
  • 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 (in German), volume 127, page 254–257

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic جَمَل‎ (jamal, “camel”).

Noun

جمل • (cemel) (plural جمال‎ or اجمال‎)

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

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ج م ل‎

From Arabic جَمَّلَ‎ (jammala).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

جمّل • (jammal) (form II, present بجمّل‎ (bijammel))

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

From Arabic جَمَل‎ (jamal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒa.mal/, [ˈʒa.mal]
  • (file)

Noun

جمل • (jamal) m (plural جمال‎ (jmāl), feminine ناقة‎ (nāqa))

  1. camel
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