See also: چپل, ختل, and حبل

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ج ب ل (j-b-l)

Compare Ugaritic 𐎂𐎁𐎍 (gbl), Hebrew גְּבוּל (gəḇūl, border).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.bal/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun edit

جَبَل (jabalm (plural جِبَال (jibāl) or أَجْبَال (ʔajbāl))

  1. mountain
  2. mountains, mountain range
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Etymology 2 edit

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Verb edit

جَبَلَ (jabala) I, non-past يَجْبُلُ or يَجْبِلُ‎ (yajbulu or yajbilu)

  1. to mold, to form, to shape, to fashion
  2. to knead
  3. to create
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Noun edit

جَبْل (jablm

  1. verbal noun of جَبَلَ (jabala) (form I)
    1. creation
    2. formation
    3. kneading
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References edit

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “جبل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 241
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جبل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[2], London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “جبل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 164

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic جَبَل (jabal).

Noun edit

جبل (cebel)

  1. mountain, hill
    Synonym: داغ (dağ)
  2. a mountainous place; hill country

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Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic جَبَل (jabal).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? jaḇal
Dari reading? jabal
Iranian reading? jabal
Tajik reading? jabal

Noun edit

جبل (jabal)

  1. mountain

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Sindhi edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic جَبَل (jabal).

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جَبَلُ (jabalu? (Devanagari जबलु)

  1. mountain

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ج ب ل
1 term
 
جبل في منطقة قوقازa mountain in the Caucasus region

Etymology edit

From Arabic جَبَل (jabal).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʒa.bal/, [ˈʒa.bal]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun edit

جبل (jabalm (plural جبال (jbāl))

  1. hill, mountain
    سلسلة جبالsilsilet jbālmountain range
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)

See also edit

  • تل (tall, hill, mound)

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic جَبَل (jabal).

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جبل (jabalm (Hindi spelling जबल)

  1. mountain

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