دجال
See also: دخال
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| د ج ل (d j l) |
| 1 term |
Etymology
Belongs to د ج ل (d j l) now, with a verb دَجَلَ (dajala, “dupe, cheat, swindle, deceive”), but the early religious use suggests that these meanings are a semantic loan from Classical Syriac ܕܰܓܳܠܳܐ (daggālā, “liar”), also used for the False Messiah, whereas the Arabic root prominently means “smearing things over other things”, “coating”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dad͡ʒ.d͡ʒaːl/
Noun
دَجَّال • (dajjāl) m (plural دَجَّالُون (dajjālūn) or دَجَاجِلَة (dajājila), feminine دَجَّالَة (dajjāla))
- someone who covers, coats things
- swindler, cheat, imposter, charlatan, mountebank, liar
- (Islam) the False Messiah
- Synonyms: (Christianity) ضِدّ المَسِيح (ḍidd al-masīḥ, “the Antichrist”), (Christianity) نَقِيض المَسِيح (naqīḍ al-masīḥ, “the Antichrist”)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | دَجَّال dajjāl |
الدَّجَّال ad-dajjāl |
دَجَّال dajjāl |
| nominative | دَجَّالٌ dajjālun |
الدَّجَّالُ ad-dajjālu |
دَجَّالُ dajjālu |
| accusative | دَجَّالًا dajjālan |
الدَّجَّالَ ad-dajjāla |
دَجَّالَ dajjāla |
| genitive | دَجَّالٍ dajjālin |
الدَّجَّالِ ad-dajjāli |
دَجَّالِ dajjāli |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | دَجَّالَيْن dajjālayn |
الدَّجَّالَيْن ad-dajjālayn |
دَجَّالَيْ dajjālay |
| nominative | دَجَّالَانِ dajjālāni |
الدَّجَّالَانِ ad-dajjālāni |
دَجَّالَا dajjālā |
| accusative | دَجَّالَيْنِ dajjālayni |
الدَّجَّالَيْنِ ad-dajjālayni |
دَجَّالَيْ dajjālay |
| genitive | دَجَّالَيْنِ dajjālayni |
الدَّجَّالَيْنِ ad-dajjālayni |
دَجَّالَيْ dajjālay |
| plural | sound masculine plural; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | دَجَّالِين; دَجَاجِلَة dajjālīn; dajājila |
الدَّجَّالِين; الدَّجَاجِلَة ad-dajjālīn; ad-dajājila |
دَجَّالِي; دَجَاجِلَة dajjālī; dajājilat |
| nominative | دَجَّالُونَ; دَجَاجِلَةٌ dajjālūna; dajājilatun |
الدَّجَّالُونَ; الدَّجَاجِلَةُ ad-dajjālūna; ad-dajājilatu |
دَجَّالُو; دَجَاجِلَةُ dajjālū; dajājilatu |
| accusative | دَجَّالِينَ; دَجَاجِلَةً dajjālīna; dajājilatan |
الدَّجَّالِينَ; الدَّجَاجِلَةَ ad-dajjālīna; ad-dajājilata |
دَجَّالِي; دَجَاجِلَةَ dajjālī; dajājilata |
| genitive | دَجَّالِينَ; دَجَاجِلَةٍ dajjālīna; dajājilatin |
الدَّجَّالِينَ; الدَّجَاجِلَةِ ad-dajjālīna; ad-dajājilati |
دَجَّالِي; دَجَاجِلَةِ dajjālī; dajājilati |
Descendants
- → English: dajjaal
- → Azerbaijani: dəccal
- → Persian: دجال (dajjâl)
- → Tajik: даҷҷол (dajjol)
- → Kazakh: тажал (tajal), дәжәл (däjäl), дәжжәл (däjjäl)
- → Malay: dajal, dajjal
- Indonesian: dajal
- → Malayalam: ദജ്ജാൽ (dajjāl)
- → Ottoman Turkish: دجال (deccal)
- → Turkish: deccal
- → Tamil: தச்சால் (taccāl), தஜ்ஜால் (tajjāl)
- → Uyghur: دەججال (dejjal)
- → Uzbek: dajjol
References
- Schwally, Friedrich (1898) “Lexikalische Studien”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1] (in German), volume 52, page 132
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “دجل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 314
Malay
Noun
دجال
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دَجَّال (dajjāl).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /dad.ˈd͡ʒaːl/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪äd.d͡ʒɑ́ːl]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪æd.d͡ʒɒ́ːl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪äd.d͡ʒɔ́l]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | dajjāl |
| Dari reading? | dajjāl |
| Iranian reading? | dajjâl |
| Tajik reading? | dajjol |
Noun
دجال • (dajjâl) (plural دجالان)
- (Christianity, Islam) Antichrist, false Messiah, dajjal
- Synonym: المسیح الدجال (almasih-od-dajjâl)