Arabic

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Root
ج ع د (j ʕ d)
3 terms

Verb

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جَعُدَ (jaʕuda) I, non-past يَجْعُدُ‎ (yajʕudu)

  1. to be curly, to be crisp, to be twisted, to be wavy; to become curly, to become crisp, to become twisted, to become wavy

Conjugation

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Verb

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جَعَّدَ (jaʕʕada) II, non-past يُجَعِّدُ‎ (yujaʕʕidu)

  1. to make curly or twisted, to wrinkle, crumple up

Conjugation

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Adjective

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جَعْد (jaʕd) (common plural جِعَاد (jiʕād))

  1. crispy, creasy, curly
  2. stingy, closefisted

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic جَعْد (jaʕd).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ja'd
Dari reading? ja'd
Iranian reading? ja'd
Tajik reading? jaʾd

Noun

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جَعد (ja'd)

  1. crisp, curly hair; ringlet; tress
    Synonyms: طُرّه (torre), زُلف (zolf)
    • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 1”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎[1]:
      به بویِ نافه‌ای کآخر صبا زان طره بگشاید
      ز تابِ جعدِ مشکینش چه خون افتاد در دل‌ها
      ba bûy-i nâfa'i k-âxir sabâ z-ân turra bugšâyad
      zi tâb-i ja'd-i muškîn-aš či xûn uftâd dar dîl-hâ
      By the scent of the musk-pod that morning’s breeze shall open at last from that lock of hair,
      From the musk-black ringlet’s twist, what blood fell into [our] hearts!
      (romanization in Classical Persian)