جمیل

See also: جميل

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَمِيل (jamīl).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.ˈmiːl/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.míːl]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.míːl]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.míl̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.míːl̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.míl]

Readings
Classical reading^?	jamīl
Dari reading^?	jamīl
Iranian reading^?	jamil
Tajik reading^?	jamil

Adjective


Iranian Persian	جمیل
Dari	جمیل
Tajik	ҷамил

جمیل • (jamil) (comparative جمیل‌تَر, superlative جمیل‌تَرین)

beautiful, handsome
- 1200s, Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, اخلاق ناصری [Nāṣirean Ethics]‎^[1]:
  چون تأمل کنند هیچ کار نبود در دنیا که آن را دو وجه نبود، یکی جمیل و دیگر قبیح، پس وجه جمیل هر کاری طلب کند […]
  čūn ta'ammul kunand hēč kār na-buwad dar dunyā ki ān rā du wajh na-buwad, yakē jamīl u dīgar qabīh, pas wajh-i jamīl-i har karē talab kunad […]
  When one thinks about it, there is nothing in this world which does not have two aspects: one beautiful and one foul. So one should seek out the beautiful aspect of everything […]
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	جمیل
Dari	جمیل
Tajik	Ҷамил

جمیل • (jamil)

a male given name, Jamil, from Arabic, feminine equivalent جمیله

Descendants

→ Gujarati: જમીલ (jamīl)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “جمیل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim