فجر

See also: فخر‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ف ج ر‎ (f-j-r).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /fa.d͡ʒa.ra/

Verb

فَجَرَ • (fajara) I, non-past يَفْجُرُ‎‎ (yafjuru)

  1. to cleave, to break up, to dig up
Conjugation

Verb

فَجَرَ • (fajara) I, non-past يَفْجُرُ‎‎ (yafjuru)

  1. to act immorally, to be wicked, to sin
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 75:5:
      ‏بَلْ يُرِيدُ الْإِنْسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُ‎
      bal yurīdu l-ʔinsānu liyafjura ʔamāmahu
      but man desires to act sinfully in what is before him
Conjugation

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /fad͡ʒ.d͡ʒa.ra/

Verb

فَجَّرَ • (fajjara) II, non-past يُفَجِّرُ‎‎ (yufajjiru)

  1. to create an outlet or passage (for water)
  2. to let pour forth
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 82:1-5:
      ‏إِذَا السَّمَاء ٱنْفَطَرَتْ ۝ وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنْتَثَرَتْ ۝ وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ ۝ وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ ۝ عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ ۝‎
      When the sky breaks apart / And when the stars commence to scatter / And when the seas gush forth / And when the graves are strewn / A soul will know what it has put forward and what it has set back.
  3. to cleave, to split
  4. to explode
Conjugation

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /fad͡ʒr/

Noun

فَجْر • (fajr) m

  1. verbal noun of فَجَرَ (fajara, “to break up, to sin”) (form I)
  2. daybreak; dawn
    Synonyms: فَلَق‎ (falaq), (archaic) صُبْح‎ (ṣubḥ), (literary) غَدَاة‎ (ḡadāh), (literary) بُكْرَة‎ (bukra)
    Coordinate terms: شَفَق‎ (šafaq, “the evening twilight, afterglow; gloaming”), غَسَق‎ (ḡasaq, “dusk”)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 97:5:
      ‏سَلَامٌ هِيَ حَتَّى مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ‎‎
      salāmun hiya ḥattā maṭlaʕi l-fajri
      Abdulala Maududi: All peace is that night until the rise of dawn.
  3. (figuratively) dawn, beginning, outset, start
Declension
Derived terms
  • فَجْر صَادِق‎ (fajr ṣādiq)
  • فَجْر كَاذِب‎ (fajr kāḏib)

Noun

فَجْر • (fajr) f

  1. the morning prayer
Declension
Descendants
  • Hijazi Arabic: فجر‎ (fajir, fajur)
  • → English: fajr
  • → Bengali: ফজর (fôjôr)
  • → Hausa: alfijir
  • → Malay: fajar
  • → Naga Pidgin: fajir
  • → Ottoman Turkish: فجر‎
    • Turkish: fecir
  • → Punjabi: ਫ਼ਜਰ (fajar)
  • → Persian: فجر‎ (fajr)
  • → Swahili: alfajiri
  • → Wolof: fajar

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic فَجْر‎ (fajr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.d͡ʒir/, /fa.d͡ʒur/

Noun

فَجر or فجر • (fajir or fajur) m (plural أشواق‎ (ʼašwāq))

  1. dawn

Etymology 2

From Arabic فَجَر‎ (fajar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.d͡ʒar/

Verb

فَجَر • (fajar) (non-past يِفْجُر‎ (yifjur))

  1. to debauch

Etymology 3

From Arabic فَجَّر‎ (fajjar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fad͡ʒ.d͡ʒar/

Verb

فَجَّر • (fajjar) (non-past يِفَجِّر‎ (yifajjir))

  1. to bomb
  2. to blow up

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic فجر‎.

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /fad͡ʒɾ/

Noun

فجر • (fajr)

  1. dawn

Descendants

Punjabi

Etymology

From Persian فجر‎, from Arabic فجر‎.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fə.d͡ʒə.ɾᵊ/, /fəd͡ʒːəɾᵊ/
  • Rhymes: -ə.ɾᵊ

Noun

فَجَر • (fajar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਫ਼ਜਰ)

  1. morning, dawn

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف ج ر‎

Etymology

From Arabic فَجْر‎ (fajr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faʒr/, [ˈfa.ʒ(ɪ)r]
  • (file)

Noun

فجر • (fajr) m

  1. dawn
    ‏صلاة الفجر‎ ― ṣalāt il-fajr ― the morning prayer

See also

  • (times of day) أوقات اليوم‎ (ʔawʔāt il-yōm); نهار‎ (nhār, “daytime”), فجر (fajr, “dawn”), صبحية‎ (ṣabaḥiyye, “early morning”), صبح‎ (ṣubḥ, “morning”), ضهر‎ (ḍuhr, “noon”), عصر‎ (ʕaṣr, “late afternoon”), مغرب‎ (maḡreb, “sunset”), مسا‎ (masa, “evening”), ليل‎ (lēl, “nighttime”) (Category: ajp:Times of day)
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