إجار

See also: آجار, أجار, اچار, آچار, and أجاز

Arabic

FWOTD – 11 June 2025

Root
ء ج ر (ʔ j r)
14 terms

Etymology 1

Verbal noun of آجَرَ (ʔājara).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔi.d͡ʒaːr/

Noun

إِجَار • (ʔijār) m

verbal noun of آجَرَ (ʔājara) (form III)

Declension

Declension of noun **إِجَار** (ʔijār)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	إِجَار ʔijār	الْإِجَار al-ʔijār	إِجَار ʔijār
nominative	إِجَارٌ ʔijārun	الْإِجَارُ al-ʔijāru	إِجَارُ ʔijāru
accusative	إِجَارًا ʔijāran	الْإِجَارَ al-ʔijāra	إِجَارَ ʔijāra
genitive	إِجَارٍ ʔijārin	الْإِجَارِ al-ʔijāri	إِجَارِ ʔijāri

Etymology 2

From Aramaic אִיגָּרָא / ܐܶܓܳܪܳܐ (ʾeggārā, “roof”), developed from Imperial Aramaic 𐡀𐡂𐡓𐡀 (ʾgrʾ /⁠*ʾeggārā⁠/, “wall”), from Akkadian 𒂍𒋞 (igārum, “wall”), from Sumerian 𒂍𒋞 (e₂-gar₈ /⁠egar⁠/, “wall”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔid͡ʒ.d͡ʒaːr/

Noun

إِجَّار • (ʔijjār) m (plural أَجَاجِير (ʔajājīr) or أَجَاجِرَة (ʔajājira))

(obsolete, Hijaz, Sicily) roof, flat top of a house
Alternative forms: إِنْجَار (ʔinjār), إِجَّارَة (ʔijjāra)
- 7th century CE, Musnad Abū Bakr as-Siddīq, 1:3:
  أَنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَتَلَقَّاهُ النَّاسُ فَخَرَجُوا فِي الطَّرِيقِ وَعَلَى الْأَجَاجِيرِ فَٱشْتَدَّ الْخَدَمُ وَٱلصِّبْيَانُ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ يَقُولُونَ ٱللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ جَاءَ رَسُولُ ٱللّٰهِ صَلَّى ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ
  ʔanā maʕahū ḥattā qadimnā l-madīnata fatalaqqāhu n-nāsu faḵarajū fī ṭ-ṭarīqi waʕalā al-ʔajājīri faštadda l-ḵadamu waṣ-ṣibyānu fī ṭ-ṭarīqi yaqūlūna llāhu ʔakbaru jāʔa rasūlu llāhi ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama jāʔa muḥammadun
  I was with him and we stepped upon Medina where he met upon people who went out onto the streets and onto the roofs and the servants and boys crowded the road saying “God is great, the Messenger of God (PBUH) has come, Muḥammad has come!”

Declension

Declension of noun **إِجَّار** (ʔijjār)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	إِجَّار ʔijjār	الْإِجَّار al-ʔijjār	إِجَّار ʔijjār
nominative	إِجَّارٌ ʔijjārun	الْإِجَّارُ al-ʔijjāru	إِجَّارُ ʔijjāru
accusative	إِجَّارًا ʔijjāran	الْإِجَّارَ al-ʔijjāra	إِجَّارَ ʔijjāra
genitive	إِجَّارٍ ʔijjārin	الْإِجَّارِ al-ʔijjāri	إِجَّارِ ʔijjāri
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	إِجَّارَيْن ʔijjārayn	الْإِجَّارَيْن al-ʔijjārayn	إِجَّارَيْ ʔijjāray
nominative	إِجَّارَانِ ʔijjārāni	الْإِجَّارَانِ al-ʔijjārāni	إِجَّارَا ʔijjārā
accusative	إِجَّارَيْنِ ʔijjārayni	الْإِجَّارَيْنِ al-ʔijjārayni	إِجَّارَيْ ʔijjāray
genitive	إِجَّارَيْنِ ʔijjārayni	الْإِجَّارَيْنِ al-ʔijjārayni	إِجَّارَيْ ʔijjāray
plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَجَاجِير‎; أَجَاجِرَة ʔajājīr‎; ʔajājira	الْأَجَاجِير‎; الْأَجَاجِرَة al-ʔajājīr‎; al-ʔajājira	أَجَاجِير‎; أَجَاجِرَة ʔajājīr‎; ʔajājirat
nominative	أَجَاجِيرُ‎; أَجَاجِرَةٌ ʔajājīru‎; ʔajājiratun	الْأَجَاجِيرُ‎; الْأَجَاجِرَةُ al-ʔajājīru‎; al-ʔajājiratu	أَجَاجِيرُ‎; أَجَاجِرَةُ ʔajājīru‎; ʔajājiratu
accusative	أَجَاجِيرَ‎; أَجَاجِرَةً ʔajājīra‎; ʔajājiratan	الْأَجَاجِيرَ‎; الْأَجَاجِرَةَ al-ʔajājīra‎; al-ʔajājirata	أَجَاجِيرَ‎; أَجَاجِرَةَ ʔajājīra‎; ʔajājirata
genitive	أَجَاجِيرَ‎; أَجَاجِرَةٍ ʔajājīra‎; ʔajājiratin	الْأَجَاجِيرِ‎; الْأَجَاجِرَةِ al-ʔajājīri‎; al-ʔajājirati	أَجَاجِيرِ‎; أَجَاجِرَةِ ʔajājīri‎; ʔajājirati

Descendants

→ Sicilian: anzara, anźara, anzaru, azzaru, aźara (“roof”)

References

“إجار” in Almaany
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎^[1] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, →DOI, page 7
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 25
Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “إجار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 24b.
“ˀgr²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
“egar [WALL]”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary‎^[2], University of Pennsylvania, 2006