غجر
See also: عجز
Arabic
Etymology
Unknown, in Modern Standard Arabic use from Egyptian Arabic extended from the name one of the tribes of Doms in Egypt. Attested in al-Jāḥiẓ (ᛦ 868) as the occupation of a Baṣran, in the form كَجَار (kajār) or كَچَار (kačār) (without ʔiʕjām): possibly clipped from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀬𑀭 (bhikkhāyara) from Sanskrit भिक्षाचर (bhikṣācara) which gave Hindustani بھکھاری / भिखारी (bhikhārī), all meaning “beggar”, and originally a designation for mendicants of mixed ethnic affiliation.
Pronunciation
Noun
غَجَر • (ḡajar) m (collective, singulative غَجَرِيّ m (ḡajariyy))
- Ghagar, one of the tribes of Doms in Egypt
- Gypsies (Romani)
- a rude or abusive person
Declension
| collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | غَجَر ḡajar |
الْغَجَر al-ḡajar |
غَجَر ḡajar |
| nominative | غَجَرٌ ḡajarun |
الْغَجَرُ al-ḡajaru |
غَجَرُ ḡajaru |
| accusative | غَجَرًا ḡajaran |
الْغَجَرَ al-ḡajara |
غَجَرَ ḡajara |
| genitive | غَجَرٍ ḡajarin |
الْغَجَرِ al-ḡajari |
غَجَرِ ḡajari |
| singulative | basic singulative triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | غَجَرِي ḡajarī |
الْغَجَرِي al-ḡajarī |
غَجَرِي ḡajarī |
| nominative | غَجَرِيٌّ ḡajariyyun |
الْغَجَرِيُّ al-ḡajariyyu |
غَجَرِيُّ ḡajariyyu |
| accusative | غَجَرِيًّا ḡajariyyan |
الْغَجَرِيَّ al-ḡajariyya |
غَجَرِيَّ ḡajariyya |
| genitive | غَجَرِيٍّ ḡajariyyin |
الْغَجَرِيِّ al-ḡajariyyi |
غَجَرِيِّ ḡajariyyi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | غَجَرِيَّيْن ḡajariyyayn |
الْغَجَرِيَّيْن al-ḡajariyyayn |
غَجَرِيَّيْ ḡajariyyay |
| nominative | غَجَرِيَّانِ ḡajariyyāni |
الْغَجَرِيَّانِ al-ḡajariyyāni |
غَجَرِيَّا ḡajariyyā |
| accusative | غَجَرِيَّيْنِ ḡajariyyayni |
الْغَجَرِيَّيْنِ al-ḡajariyyayni |
غَجَرِيَّيْ ḡajariyyay |
| genitive | غَجَرِيَّيْنِ ḡajariyyayni |
الْغَجَرِيَّيْنِ al-ḡajariyyayni |
غَجَرِيَّيْ ḡajariyyay |
| paucal (3-10) | sound masculine paucal | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | غَجَرِيِّين ḡajariyyīn |
الْغَجَرِيِّين al-ḡajariyyīn |
غَجَرِيِّي ḡajariyyī |
| nominative | غَجَرِيُّونَ ḡajariyyūna |
الْغَجَرِيُّونَ al-ḡajariyyūna |
غَجَرِيُّو ḡajariyyū |
| accusative | غَجَرِيِّينَ ḡajariyyīna |
الْغَجَرِيِّينَ al-ḡajariyyīna |
غَجَرِيِّي ḡajariyyī |
| genitive | غَجَرِيِّينَ ḡajariyyīna |
الْغَجَرِيِّينَ al-ḡajariyyīna |
غَجَرِيِّي ḡajariyyī |
References
- Richardson, Kristina (2017) “Tracing a Gypsy Mixed Language through Medieval and Early Modern Arabic and Persian Literature”, in Der Islam[1], volume 94, number 1, , page 117