جاهل

Arabic

Root
ج ه ل (j h l)
9 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of جَهِلَ (jahila, “to be ignorant”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaː.hil/
  • Rhymes: -il

Adjective

جَاهِل • (jāhil) (feminine جَاهِلَة (jāhila), common plural جُهَّل (juhhal), masculine plural جَاهِلُون (jāhilūn) or جُهَّال (juhhāl) or جُهَلَاء (juhalāʔ) or جَهَلَة (jahala), feminine plural جَاهِلَات (jāhilāt) or جَوَاهِل (jawāhil), elative أَجْهَل (ʔajhal))

  1. ignorant, uneducated
  2. foolish
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 25:63:
      وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ هَوْنًا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلْجَـٰهِلُونَ قَالُوا سَلَٰمًا
      waʕibādu r-raḥmāni llaḏīna yamšūna ʕalā l-ʔarḍi hawnan waʔiḏā ḵāṭabahumu l-jāhilūna qālū salāman
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      The [true] servants of the Most Compassionate are those who walk on the earth humbly, and when the foolish address them [improperly], they only respond with peace.

Declension

Declension of adjective جَاهِل (jāhil)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal جَاهِل
jāhil 		الْجَاهِل
al-jāhil 		جَاهِلَة
jāhila 		الْجَاهِلَة
al-jāhila
nominative جَاهِلٌ
jāhilun 		الْجَاهِلُ
al-jāhilu 		جَاهِلَةٌ
jāhilatun 		الْجَاهِلَةُ
al-jāhilatu
accusative جَاهِلًا
jāhilan 		الْجَاهِلَ
al-jāhila 		جَاهِلَةً
jāhilatan 		الْجَاهِلَةَ
al-jāhilata
genitive جَاهِلٍ
jāhilin 		الْجَاهِلِ
al-jāhili 		جَاهِلَةٍ
jāhilatin 		الْجَاهِلَةِ
al-jāhilati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal جَاهِلَيْن
jāhilayn 		الْجَاهِلَيْن
al-jāhilayn 		جَاهِلَتَيْن
jāhilatayn 		الْجَاهِلَتَيْن
al-jāhilatayn
nominative جَاهِلَانِ
jāhilāni 		الْجَاهِلَانِ
al-jāhilāni 		جَاهِلَتَانِ
jāhilatāni 		الْجَاهِلَتَانِ
al-jāhilatāni
accusative جَاهِلَيْنِ
jāhilayni 		الْجَاهِلَيْنِ
al-jāhilayni 		جَاهِلَتَيْنِ
jāhilatayni 		الْجَاهِلَتَيْنِ
al-jāhilatayni
genitive جَاهِلَيْنِ
jāhilayni 		الْجَاهِلَيْنِ
al-jāhilayni 		جَاهِلَتَيْنِ
jāhilatayni 		الْجَاهِلَتَيْنِ
al-jāhilatayni
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural‎;
basic broken plural triptote‎;
basic broken plural diptote‎;
broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) 		sound feminine plural‎;
basic broken plural diptote‎;
basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal جَاهِلِين‎; جُهَّال‎; جُهَلَاء‎; جَهَلَة‎; جُهَّل
jāhilīn‎; juhhāl‎; juhalāʔ‎; jahala‎; juhhal 		الْجَاهِلِين‎; الْجُهَّال‎; الْجُهَلَاء‎; الْجَهَلَة‎; الْجُهَّل
al-jāhilīn‎; al-juhhāl‎; al-juhalāʔ‎; al-jahala‎; al-juhhal 		جَاهِلَات‎; جَوَاهِل‎; جُهَّل
jāhilāt‎; jawāhil‎; juhhal 		الْجَاهِلَات‎; الْجَوَاهِل‎; الْجُهَّل
al-jāhilāt‎; al-jawāhil‎; al-juhhal
nominative جَاهِلُونَ‎; جُهَّالٌ‎; جُهَلَاءُ‎; جَهَلَةٌ‎; جُهَّلٌ
jāhilūna‎; juhhālun‎; juhalāʔu‎; jahalatun‎; juhhalun 		الْجَاهِلُونَ‎; الْجُهَّالُ‎; الْجُهَلَاءُ‎; الْجَهَلَةُ‎; الْجُهَّلُ
al-jāhilūna‎; al-juhhālu‎; al-juhalāʔu‎; al-jahalatu‎; al-juhhalu 		جَاهِلَاتٌ‎; جَوَاهِلُ‎; جُهَّلٌ
jāhilātun‎; jawāhilu‎; juhhalun 		الْجَاهِلَاتُ‎; الْجَوَاهِلُ‎; الْجُهَّلُ
al-jāhilātu‎; al-jawāhilu‎; al-juhhalu
accusative جَاهِلِينَ‎; جُهَّالًا‎; جُهَلَاءَ‎; جَهَلَةً‎; جُهَّلًا
jāhilīna‎; juhhālan‎; juhalāʔa‎; jahalatan‎; juhhalan 		الْجَاهِلِينَ‎; الْجُهَّالَ‎; الْجُهَلَاءَ‎; الْجَهَلَةَ‎; الْجُهَّلَ
al-jāhilīna‎; al-juhhāla‎; al-juhalāʔa‎; al-jahalata‎; al-juhhala 		جَاهِلَاتٍ‎; جَوَاهِلَ‎; جُهَّلًا
jāhilātin‎; jawāhila‎; juhhalan 		الْجَاهِلَاتِ‎; الْجَوَاهِلَ‎; الْجُهَّلَ
al-jāhilāti‎; al-jawāhila‎; al-juhhala
genitive جَاهِلِينَ‎; جُهَّالٍ‎; جُهَلَاءَ‎; جَهَلَةٍ‎; جُهَّلٍ
jāhilīna‎; juhhālin‎; juhalāʔa‎; jahalatin‎; juhhalin 		الْجَاهِلِينَ‎; الْجُهَّالِ‎; الْجُهَلَاءِ‎; الْجَهَلَةِ‎; الْجُهَّلِ
al-jāhilīna‎; al-juhhāli‎; al-juhalāʔi‎; al-jahalati‎; al-juhhali 		جَاهِلَاتٍ‎; جَوَاهِلَ‎; جُهَّلٍ
jāhilātin‎; jawāhila‎; juhhalin 		الْجَاهِلَاتِ‎; الْجَوَاهِلِ‎; الْجُهَّلِ
al-jāhilāti‎; al-jawāhili‎; al-juhhali

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: ياهل (yāhil, “kid, child”)
  • → Azerbaijani: cahil
  • → Georgian: ჯეილი (ǯeili, “youngster”), ჯეელი (ǯeeli)
  • → Judeo-Tat: жогьил (çohil)
  • → Khalaj: câhıl
  • → Lishana Deni: גׄהל (jəhəl), גׄחל (jaḥəl)
  • → Malay: jahil
  • → Middle Armenian: ջահիլ (ǰahil)
  • → Northern Kurdish: cahil (“ignorant”), cehêl (“young”)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: جاهل (cahil)
  • → Persian: جاهل (jâhel)
  • → Swahili: jahili
  • → Turkmen: jahyl

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ج ه ل
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic جَاهِل (jāhil).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒaː.hil/

Adjective

جاهل • (jāhil) (feminine جاهلة (jāhla), common plural جهال (juhhāl) or جهلة (juhala), masculine plural جاهلين (jāhlīn), feminine plural جاهلات (jāhlāt), elative جهل (jhal) or أجهل (ʔajhal))

  1. ignorant, illiterate, uneducated
  2. having a blind rage

Northern Kurdish

Adjective

جاهل (cahil)

  1. Arabic spelling of cahil

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic جَاهِل (jāhil).

Adjective

جاهل • (cahil)

  1. ignorant, idiot
    Synonyms: بلمز (bilmez), نادان (nadan)

Derived terms

  • جاهللك (cahillik, “ignorance”)

Descendants

References

  • Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “جاهل”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 178

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَاهِل (jāhil).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? jāhil
Dari reading? jāhil
Iranian reading? jâhel
Tajik reading? johil

Adjective

Dari جاهل
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷоҳил

جاهل • (jâhel) (comparative جاهل‌تَر, superlative جاهل‌تَرین)

  1. foolish, unwise
  2. ignorant, uninformed
  3. (informal, now rare) young

Synonyms

References

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