See also: حبر, چتر, خبر, خبز, and چپر

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ج ب ر (j-b-r)

Compare Hebrew גבר (g-b-r).

Verb

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جَبَرَ (jabara) I, non-past يَجْبُرُ‎ (yajburu)

  1. to set (a broken bone)
  2. to restore
  3. to force, to compel
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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جَبَّرَ (jabbara) II, non-past يُجَبِّرُ‎ (yujabbiru)

  1. to set (a broken bone)
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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جَبْر (jabrm

  1. verbal noun of جَبَرَ (jabara) (form I)
  2. setting of broken bones
  3. force, compulsion, coercion, duress
  4. (philosophy) determinism, fatalism, predestination, predetermination
    Antonym: قَدَر (qadar)
  5. algebra
    • (Can we date this quote?), وليم عبيد, قصة الرياضيات:
      مبادئ في جبر الفوضى أمكن تدريسها في المرحلة الثانوية في مدارس مصر تجريبيا. جبر الفوضى والهندسة الكسورية تنتمي إلى ما يسمى حاليا بالرياضيات الديناميكية.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Latin: algebra

References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “جبر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

Moroccan Arabic

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Root
ج ب ر
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic جَبَرَ (jabara).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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جبر (jbar) I (non-past يجبر (yijbar))

  1. to find
    Synonyms: لقى (lqa), صاب (ṣāb)

Conjugation

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic جَبْر (jabr).

Noun

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جبر (cebir)

  1. mending; repairing; setting a bone
  2. forcing; compelling; compulsion
  3. (mathematics) algebra
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Descendants

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic جَبْر (jabr).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? jaḇr
Dari reading? jabr
Iranian reading? jabr
Tajik reading? jabr
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

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جبر (jabr)

  1. gouge
  2. force
  3. algebra

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ج ب ر
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic جَبَرَ (jabara).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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جبر (jabar) I (present بجبر (bojbor), passive participle مجبور (majbūr))

  1. to force, to compel, to make (someone do something)
    Synonym: غصب (ḡaṣab)

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of جبر (jabar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m جبرت (jabart) جبرت (jabart) جبر (jabar) جبرنا (jabarna) جبرتو (jabartu) جبرو (jabaru)
f جبرتي (jabarti) جبرت (jabrat)
present m بجبر (bajbor) بتجبر (btojbor) بجبر (bojbor) منجبر (mnojbor) بتجبرو (btojboru) بجبرو (bojboru)
f بتجبري (btojbori) بتجبر (btojbor)
subjunctive m أجبر (ʔajbor) تجبر (tojbor) يجبر (yojbor) نجبر (nojbor) تجبرو (tojboru) يجبرو (yojboru)
f تجبري (tojbori) تجبر (tojbor)
imperative m اجبر (ojbor) اجبرو (ojboru)
f اجبري (ojbori)