Arabic edit

Root
ج م ع (j-m-ʕ)

Etymology 1 edit

Derived from the active participle of جَمَعَ (jamaʕa, to collect, gather), from the root ج م ع (j-m-ʕ).

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Adjective edit

جَامِع (jāmiʕ) (feminine جَامِعَة (jāmiʕa), masculine plural جَامِعُون (jāmiʕūn), feminine plural جَامِعَات (jāmiʕāt) or جَوَامِع (jawāmiʕ), elative أَجْمَع (ʔajmaʕ))

  1. comprehensive, extensive, broad, general, universal
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Noun edit

جَامِع (jāmiʕm (plural جَوَامِع (jawāmiʕ))

  1. collector
  2. compiler (of books)
  3. typesetter, compositor
  4. (Islam) congregational mosque
    الْجَامِع الْأَزْهَرal-jāmiʕ al-ʔazharAl-Azhar [Congregational] Mosque
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References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “جمع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2 edit

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Verb edit

جَامَعَ (jāmaʕa) III, non-past يُجَامِعُ‎ (yujāmiʕu)

  1. to copulate with, to have intercourse with
    جَامَعَ زَوْجَتَهjāmaʕa zawjatahHe had intercourse with his wife.
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Egyptian Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic جَامِع (jāmiʕ).

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جامع (gāmiʕm (plural جوامع (gawāmiʕ))

  1. mosque

Moroccan Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic جَامِع (jāmiʕ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʒaː.miʕ/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun edit

جامع (jāmiʕm (plural جوامع (jwāmaʕ))

  1. mosque

Ottoman Turkish edit

 
جامع

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic جَامِع (jāmiʕ, mosque), a derivation from the active participle of جَمَعَ (jamaʕa, to collect, gather).

Noun edit

جامع (camiʼ)

  1. mosque, a place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret
    Synonym: مسجد (mescid)

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Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic جَامِع (jāmiʕ).

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Readings
Classical reading? jāmi'
Dari reading? jāme'
Iranian reading? jâme'
Tajik reading? jomeʾ

Adjective edit

Dari جامع
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷомеъ

جامع (jâme') (comparative جامع‌تَر (jâme'-tar), superlative جامع‌تَرین (jâme'-tarin))

  1. comprehensive

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South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ج م ع
7 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic جَامِع (jāmiʕ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʒaː.meʕ/, [ˈʒæː.mɪʕ]
  • (file)

Noun edit

جامع (jāmeʕm (plural جوامع (jawāmeʕ))

  1. mosque
    Synonym: مسجد (masjed)