إنجيل

See also: انجیل

Arabic

Etymology

Most likely from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion), probably through Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ (ʾewwangellīōn) or a variant thereof, though also Ge'ez ወንጌል (wängel) or unattested Old South Arabian have been suggested as the immediate source. A phono-semantic matching after the root ن ج ل (n-j-l), as with Arabic إِبْلِيس (ʔiblīs, “devil”) after ب ل س (b-l-s), can be maintained.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔin.d͡ʒiːl/

Noun

إِنْجِيل • (ʔinjīl) m (plural أَنَاجِيل (ʔanājīl))

1. (Christianity, Islam) the Gospel, the evangel
2. (Christianity) the New Testament

Declension

Declension of noun إِنْجِيل (ʔinjīl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِنْجِيل ʔinjīl	الْإِنْجِيل al-ʔinjīl	إِنْجِيل ʔinjīl
Nominative	إِنْجِيلٌ ʔinjīlun	الْإِنْجِيلُ al-ʔinjīlu	إِنْجِيلُ ʔinjīlu
Accusative	إِنْجِيلًا ʔinjīlan	الْإِنْجِيلَ al-ʔinjīla	إِنْجِيلَ ʔinjīla
Genitive	إِنْجِيلٍ ʔinjīlin	الْإِنْجِيلِ al-ʔinjīli	إِنْجِيلِ ʔinjīli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِنْجِيلَيْن ʔinjīlayn	الْإِنْجِيلَيْن al-ʔinjīlayn	إِنْجِيلَيْ ʔinjīlay
Nominative	إِنْجِيلَانِ ʔinjīlāni	الْإِنْجِيلَانِ al-ʔinjīlāni	إِنْجِيلَا ʔinjīlā
Accusative	إِنْجِيلَيْنِ ʔinjīlayni	الْإِنْجِيلَيْنِ al-ʔinjīlayni	إِنْجِيلَيْ ʔinjīlay
Genitive	إِنْجِيلَيْنِ ʔinjīlayni	الْإِنْجِيلَيْنِ al-ʔinjīlayni	إِنْجِيلَيْ ʔinjīlay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَنَاجِيل ʔanājīl	الْأَنَاجِيل al-ʔanājīl	أَنَاجِيل ʔanājīl
Nominative	أَنَاجِيلُ ʔanājīlu	الْأَنَاجِيلُ al-ʔanājīlu	أَنَاجِيلُ ʔanājīlu
Accusative	أَنَاجِيلَ ʔanājīla	الْأَنَاجِيلَ al-ʔanājīla	أَنَاجِيلَ ʔanājīla
Genitive	أَنَاجِيلَ ʔanājīla	الْأَنَاجِيلِ al-ʔanājīli	أَنَاجِيلِ ʔanājīli

Derived terms

• إنْجِيلِيّ (ʔinjīliyy)
• إنْجِيلِيَّة (ʔinjīliyya)

Related terms

• الْكِتَاب الْمُقَدَّس (al-kitāb al-muqaddas, “the Bible”)
  • الْعَهْد الْقَدِيم (al-ʕahd al-qadīm, “the Old Testament”)
  • الْعَهْد الْجَدِيد (al-ʕahd al-jadīd, “the New Testament”)
• تَوْرَاة (tawrāh, “the Torah”)
• زَبُور (zabūr, “the Psalms”)
• الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān, “the Qur'an”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: İncil
• → Northern Kurdish: încîl
• → Malay: Injil
  • → Indonesian: Injil
• → Persian: انجیل (enjil)
• → Ottoman Turkish: انجیل
  • Turkish: incil
• Uzbek: injil

References

• Grimme, Hubert (1912) “Über einige Klassen südarabischer Lehnwörter im Koran”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete‎^[1] (in German), volume 26, page 164
• Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 71–72
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[2] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 47