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 الفجرṣalāt il-fajrthe 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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