أعجمي

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ج م (ʿ-j-m).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʕ.d͡ʒa.mijj/

Adjective

أَعْجَمِيّ (ʾaʿjamiyy) (masculine plural أَعْجَمِيُّونَ (ʾaʿjamiyyūna) or أَعَاجِم (ʾaʿājim), feminine plural أَعْجَمِيَّات (ʾaʿjamiyyāt) or أَعَاجِم (ʾaʿājim))

  1. non-Arab, non-Arabic
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 41:44:
      وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا أَعْجَمِيًّا لَّقَالُوا لَوْلَا فُصِّلَتْ آيَاتُهُ أَأَعْجَمِيٌّ وَعَرَبِيٌّ
      wa-law jaʿalnāhu qurʾānan ʾaʿjamiyyan llaqālū lawlā fuṣṣilat ʾāyātuhu ʾa-ʾaʿjamiyyun wa-ʿarabiyyun
      And if We had made it a non-Arabic Qur'an, they would have said, "Why are its verses not explained in detail [in our language]? Is it a foreign [recitation] and an Arab [messenger]?"
Declension

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʕ.d͡ʒi.miː/

Verb

أَعْجِمِي (ʾaʿjimī) (form IV)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of أَعْجَمَ (ʾaʿjama)
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