See also: حمل‎, ج م ل, and ح م ل

Arabic edit

Root
ج م ل(j-m-l)

Etymology 1 edit

Verb edit

جَمَلَ (jamala) I, non-past يَجْمُلُ‎‎ (yajmulu)

  1. to sum up, to summarize
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جَمُلَ (jamula) I, non-past يَجْمُلُ‎‎ (yajmulu)

  1. to be beautiful, to be pretty, to be graceful
  2. to be handsome, to be comely
  3. to be appropriate, to be proper, to be suitable
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Etymology 3 edit

Causative of جَمُلَ(jamula).

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جَمَّلَ (jammala) II, non-past يُجَمِّلُ‎‎ (yujammilu)

  1. to make beautiful, to beautify, to embellish, to adorn
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جَمْل (jamlm

  1. verbal noun of جَمَلَ (jamala) (form I)
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Etymology 5 edit

Inflected form.

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جُمَل (jumalf pl

  1. plural of جُمْلَة(jumla)

Etymology 6 edit

 
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From Proto-Semitic *gamal-.

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جَمَل (jamalm (plural جِمَال(jimāl) or جِمَالَة(jimāla) or أَجْمَال(ʔajmāl) or أَجْمُل(ʔajmul) or جِمَالَات(jimālāt), feminine نَاقَة(nāqa))

  1. male camel
  2. ellipsis of جَمَل الْيَهُود(jamal al-yahūd, chameleon; mantis).
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Descendants edit
  • Egyptian Arabic: جمل(gámal)
  • Maltese: ġemel
  • Swahili: ngamia
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Further reading edit
  • Singer, Hans-Rudolf (1977), “Fortleben alten Wortgutes in arabischen Beduinen-Mundarten. II: Bezeichnungen für Kameltrupps [Survival of old wordstock in Arabic bedouin dialects. II. Terms for camel flocks.]”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1] (in German), volume 127, page 254–257

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic جَمَل(jamal, camel).

Noun edit

جمل (cemel) (plural جمالor اجمال‎)

  1. male camel, especially a full-grown one
    Synonym: نر(ner)

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South Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ج م ل
3 terms

From Arabic جَمَّلَ(jammala).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʒam.mal/, [ˈʒam.mal], [ˈd͡ʒam.mal]
  • (file)

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جمّل (jammal) II (non-past بجمّل(bijammel))

  1. to beautify, to make beautiful, to make pretty
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of جمّل (jammal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m جمّلت (jammalt) جمّلت (jammalt) جمّل (jammal) جمّلنا (jammalna) جمّلتو (jammaltu) جمّلو (jammalu)
f جمّلتي (jammalti) جمّلت (jammalat)
present m بجمّل (bajammel) بتجمّل (bitjammel) بجمّل (bijammel) منجمّل (minjammel) بتجمّلو (bitjammlu) بجمّلو (bijammlu)
f بتجمّلي (bitjammli) بتجمّل (bitjammel)
subjunctive m اجمّل (ajammel) تجمّل (tjammel) يجمّل (yjammel) نجمّل (njammel) تجمّلو (tjammlu) يجمّلو (yjammlu)
f تجمّلي (tjammli) تجمّل (tjammel)
imperative m جمّل (jammel) جمّلو (jammlu)
f جمّلي (jammli)

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic جَمَل(jamal).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʒa.mal/, [ˈʒa.mal]
  • (file)

Noun edit

جمل (jamalm (plural جمال(jmāl), feminine ناقة(nāqa))

  1. camel