Arabic

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Root
ء ج ر (ʔ-j-r)

Etymology 1

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فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb أَجَرَ (ʔajara, to hire).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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أَجِير (ʔajīrm (plural أُجَرَاء (ʔujarāʔ) or أَجِيرُونَ (ʔajīrūna), feminine أَجِيرَة (ʔajīra))

  1. laborer, wageworker
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Maltese: aġir
  • Malay: ajir
    • Indonesian: ajir
  • Ottoman Turkish: اجیر (ecir)
  • Persian: اجیر

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation 1

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Verb
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أُجِيرُ (ʔujīru) (form IV)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of أَجَارَ (ʔajāra)

Pronunciation 2

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Verb
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أُجِيرَ (ʔujīra) (form IV)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of أَجَارَ (ʔajāra)
  2. third-person masculine singular past passive of أَجَارَ (ʔajāra)