جعفر
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
An augmentation of the root ج ع ف (j-ʕ-f) meaning a to pull or uproot, to wash away, to overturn or rip from foundations, a torrent that carries things away; possibly blended with the root ج ف ر (j-f-r) denoting to be swollen, to be filled up, hence a full or flooded riverbed. The first root is potentially a dialect variant of the root ج ف ء (j-f-ʔ) also denoting the washing away of objects from a valley full of water, to sweep off or carry away, to pull or uproot.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
جَعْفَر • (jaʕfar) m (plural جَعَافِر (jaʕāfir))
- full river
- brook, creek, rivulet
- 1960, جَوَّاد عَلِي (jawwād ʕalī), المفصل في تاريخ العرب قبل الإسلام, 1, 4:
- ليس في جزيرة العرب انهار كبيرة بالمعنى المعروف من لفظة نهر مثل نهر دجلة أو الفرات أو النيل، بل فيها أنهار مغيرة أو جعافر.
- In the Arabian Peninsula there aren’t really rivers of river names like the river “Tigris” or the “Euphrat” or the “Nile”, but it has diverse rivers or rivulets.
- flooded wadi, torrent
Declension edit
Declension of noun جَعْفَر (jaʕfar)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جَعْفَر jaʕfar |
الْجَعْفَر al-jaʕfar |
جَعْفَر jaʕfar |
| Nominative | جَعْفَرٌ jaʕfarun |
الْجَعْفَرُ al-jaʕfaru |
جَعْفَرُ jaʕfaru |
| Accusative | جَعْفَرًا jaʕfaran |
الْجَعْفَرَ al-jaʕfara |
جَعْفَرَ jaʕfara |
| Genitive | جَعْفَرٍ jaʕfarin |
الْجَعْفَرِ al-jaʕfari |
جَعْفَرِ jaʕfari |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | جَعْفَرَيْن jaʕfarayn |
الْجَعْفَرَيْن al-jaʕfarayn |
جَعْفَرَيْ jaʕfaray |
| Nominative | جَعْفَرَانِ jaʕfarāni |
الْجَعْفَرَانِ al-jaʕfarāni |
جَعْفَرَا jaʕfarā |
| Accusative | جَعْفَرَيْنِ jaʕfarayni |
الْجَعْفَرَيْنِ al-jaʕfarayni |
جَعْفَرَيْ jaʕfaray |
| Genitive | جَعْفَرَيْنِ jaʕfarayni |
الْجَعْفَرَيْنِ al-jaʕfarayni |
جَعْفَرَيْ jaʕfaray |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جَعَافِر jaʕāfir |
الْجَعَافِر al-jaʕāfir |
جَعَافِر jaʕāfir |
| Nominative | جَعَافِرُ jaʕāfiru |
الْجَعَافِرُ al-jaʕāfiru |
جَعَافِرُ jaʕāfiru |
| Accusative | جَعَافِرَ jaʕāfira |
الْجَعَافِرَ al-jaʕāfira |
جَعَافِرَ jaʕāfira |
| Genitive | جَعَافِرَ jaʕāfira |
الْجَعَافِرِ al-jaʕāfiri |
جَعَافِرِ jaʕāfiri |
Proper noun edit
جَعْفَر • (jaʕfar)
- a male given name, Jafar, Jaafar, Ja'far
- Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad aṣ-Ṣādiq, a revered 8th-century Muslim scholar and the sixth Imam for Twelver and ʾIsmāʿīliyy Shia Muslims, after whom the Jaʿfari school of jurisprudence is named.
Declension edit
Declension of noun جَعْفَر (jaʕfar)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | جَعْفَر jaʕfar |
— |
| Nominative | — | جَعْفَرٌ jaʕfarun |
— |
| Accusative | — | جَعْفَرًا jaʕfaran |
— |
| Genitive | — | جَعْفَرٍ jaʕfarin |
— |
Derived terms edit
- جَعْفَرِيّ (jaʕfariyy)
References edit
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “جعفر”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 198
- Freytag, Georg (1830) “جعفر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 284
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “جعفر”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[3] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 300
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “جعفر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[4], London: Williams & Norgate, page 430
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “جعفر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 186
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic جَعْفَر (jaʕfar).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [d͡ʒaʔ.ˈfaɾ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒäʔ.fǽɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ja'far |
| Dari reading? | ja'far |
| Iranian reading? | ja'far |
| Tajik reading? | jaʾfar |
Proper noun edit
| Dari | جعفر |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Ҷаъфар |
جعفر • (ja'far)
- a male given name, Jafar, from Arabic