See also: أخل, اخل, أحل, and اجل

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ء ج ل (ʔ-j-l)

Pronunciation 1 edit

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.d͡ʒal/
  • (file)
Adverb edit

أَجَل (ʔajal)

  1. yes, indeed, no doubt
Noun edit

أَجَل (ʔajalm (plural آجَال (ʔājāl))

  1. fate, destiny
  2. appointed time, deadline
  3. one's allotted lifespan
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Azerbaijani: əcəl
  • Bengali: আজল (ajol)
  • Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: ecel
  • Kyrgyz: ажал (ajal)
  • Maguindanao: ajal
  • Malay: ajal
    • Indonesian: ajal
  • Pashto: اځل (aǰál), اجل (aǰál)
  • Persian: اجل (ajal)
    • Tajik: аҷал (ajal)
    • Hindustani:
    Hindi: अजल (ajal)
    Urdu: اجل (ajal)
  • Ottoman Turkish: اجل
    • Turkish: ecel
    • Crimean Tatar: ecel
  • Tatar: әҗәл (äcäl)
  • Turkmen: ajal
  • Swahili: ajali
  • Uzbek: ajal

Pronunciation 2 edit

  • IPA(key): /ʔad͡ʒ.d͡ʒa.la/
Verb edit

أَجَّلَ (ʔajjala) II, non-past يُؤَجِّلُ‎ (yuʔajjilu)

  1. to postpone, to delay, to put off
    Antonym: عَجَّلَ (ʕajjala)
Conjugation edit

Pronunciation 3 edit

Noun edit

أَجْل (ʔajlm

  1. Only used in مِنْ أَجْلِ (min ʔajli) and لِأَجْلِ (liʔajli)

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ج ل ل (j-l-l)

Elative of جَلِيل (jalīl).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

أَجَلّ (ʔajall) (feminine جُلَّى (jullā), masculine plural أَجَلُّون (ʔajallūn), feminine plural جُلَّيَات (jullayāt))

  1. elative degree of جَلِيل (jalīl):
    1. greater, more important; greatest, most important
    2. more exalted; most exalted
    3. more revered, more honorable, more venerable; most revered, most honorable, most venerable
    4. more glorious, more magnificent; most glorious, most magnificent
      • (Can we date this quote?), أَبُو اَلنَّجْم اَلْعِجْلِيُّ [ʔabū n-najm al-ʕijliyyu], (Please provide the book title or journal name):
        اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْأَجْلَلِ // اَلْوَاحِدِ الْفَرْدِ الْقَدِيمِ الْأَوَّلِ
        al-ḥamdu lillāhi l-ʕaliyyi l-ʔajlali // al-wāḥidi l-fardi l-qadīmi l-ʔawwali
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    5. stronger, stouter, rougher; strongest, stoutest, roughest
    6. older, more experienced; oldest, most experienced
Declension edit

Etymology 3 edit

Root
ج ل ل (j-l-l)

Verb edit

أَجَلَّ (ʔajalla) IV, non-past يُجِلُّ‎ (yujillu)

  1. to respect, to venerate, to honor, to glorify
Conjugation edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ء ج ل
1 term

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَجَّلَ (ʔajjala).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʒ.ʒal/, [ˈʔaʒ.ʒal], [ˈʔad.d͡ʒal]
  • (file)

Verb edit

أجّل (ʔajjal) II (present بأجّل (biʔajjel), passive participle مأجّل (mʔajjal))

  1. to postpone, to put off
    كان لازم يأجّلو العرس.
    kān lāzem yʔajjelu l-ʕoros.
    They had to postpone the wedding.
    خلّينا نأجّل هالموضوع ليوم تاني.
    ḵallīna nʔajjel hal-mauḍūʕ la-yōm tāni.
    Let's put off this subject for another day.

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of أجّل (ʔajjal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m أجّلت (ʔajjalt) أجّلت (ʔajjalt) أجّل (ʔajjal) أجّلنا (ʔajjalna) أجّلتو (ʔajjaltu) أجّلو (ʔajjalu)
f أجّلتي (ʔajjalti) أجّلت (ʔajjalat)
present m بأجّل (baʔajjel) بتأجّل (bitʔajjel) بأجّل (biʔajjel) منأجّل (minʔajjel) بتأجّلو (bitʔajjlu) بأجّلو (biʔajjlu)
f بتأجّلي (bitʔajjli) بتأجّل (bitʔajjel)
subjunctive m اأجّل (aʔajjel) تأجّل (tʔajjel) يأجّل (yʔajjel) نأجّل (nʔajjel) تأجّلو (tʔajjlu) يأجّلو (yʔajjlu)
f تأجّلي (tʔajjli) تأجّل (tʔajjel)
imperative m أجّل (ʔajjel) أجّلو (ʔajjlu)
f أجّلي (ʔajjli)