مجهول

See also: مجہول

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of جَهِلَ (jahila, “to be ignorant, to not know”), from the root ج ه ل (j h l): literally, “not known”. The word is used to describe the passive voice, because in the passive the agent of the verb is usually not mentioned and is therefore unknown.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mad͡ʒ.huːl/
Rhymes: -uːl

Adjective

مَجْهُول • (majhūl) (feminine مَجْهُولَة (majhūla), masculine plural مَجْهُولُونَ (majhūlūna))

Declension

Declension of adjective **مَجْهُول** (majhūl)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَجْهُول majhūl	الْمَجْهُول al-majhūl	مَجْهُولَة majhūla	الْمَجْهُولَة al-majhūla
nominative	مَجْهُولٌ majhūlun	الْمَجْهُولُ al-majhūlu	مَجْهُولَةٌ majhūlatun	الْمَجْهُولَةُ al-majhūlatu
accusative	مَجْهُولًا majhūlan	الْمَجْهُولَ al-majhūla	مَجْهُولَةً majhūlatan	الْمَجْهُولَةَ al-majhūlata
genitive	مَجْهُولٍ majhūlin	الْمَجْهُولِ al-majhūli	مَجْهُولَةٍ majhūlatin	الْمَجْهُولَةِ al-majhūlati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَجْهُولَيْن majhūlayn	الْمَجْهُولَيْن al-majhūlayn	مَجْهُولَتَيْن majhūlatayn	الْمَجْهُولَتَيْن al-majhūlatayn
nominative	مَجْهُولَانِ majhūlāni	الْمَجْهُولَانِ al-majhūlāni	مَجْهُولَتَانِ majhūlatāni	الْمَجْهُولَتَانِ al-majhūlatāni
accusative	مَجْهُولَيْنِ majhūlayni	الْمَجْهُولَيْنِ al-majhūlayni	مَجْهُولَتَيْنِ majhūlatayni	الْمَجْهُولَتَيْنِ al-majhūlatayni
genitive	مَجْهُولَيْنِ majhūlayni	الْمَجْهُولَيْنِ al-majhūlayni	مَجْهُولَتَيْنِ majhūlatayni	الْمَجْهُولَتَيْنِ al-majhūlatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَجْهُولِين majhūlīn	الْمَجْهُولِين al-majhūlīn	مَجْهُولَات majhūlāt	الْمَجْهُولَات al-majhūlāt
nominative	مَجْهُولُونَ majhūlūna	الْمَجْهُولُونَ al-majhūlūna	مَجْهُولَاتٌ majhūlātun	الْمَجْهُولَاتُ al-majhūlātu
accusative	مَجْهُولِينَ majhūlīna	الْمَجْهُولِينَ al-majhūlīna	مَجْهُولَاتٍ majhūlātin	الْمَجْهُولَاتِ al-majhūlāti
genitive	مَجْهُولِينَ majhūlīna	الْمَجْهُولِينَ al-majhūlīna	مَجْهُولَاتٍ majhūlātin	الْمَجْهُولَاتِ al-majhūlāti

Descendants

Azerbaijani: məchul
Classical Persian: مَجْهُول (majhūl)
- Tajik: маҷҳул (majhul)
- → Chagatai:
  - Uyghur: مەجھۇل (mejhul)
  - Uzbek: majhul
- → Hindustani:
  - Hindi: मजहूल (majhūl)
  - Urdu: مجہول
→ Ottoman Turkish: مجهول
- Turkish: meçhul
- → Crimean Tatar: mecul

Noun

مَجْهُول • (majhūl) m

(grammar) passive voice
a variety of date palm with large and sweet fruit

Declension

Declension of noun **مَجْهُول** (majhūl)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَجْهُول majhūl	الْمَجْهُول al-majhūl	مَجْهُول majhūl
nominative	مَجْهُولٌ majhūlun	الْمَجْهُولُ al-majhūlu	مَجْهُولُ majhūlu
accusative	مَجْهُولًا majhūlan	الْمَجْهُولَ al-majhūla	مَجْهُولَ majhūla
genitive	مَجْهُولٍ majhūlin	الْمَجْهُولِ al-majhūli	مَجْهُولِ majhūli

Coordinate terms

مَعْلُوم (maʕlūm), مَعْرُوف (maʕrūf, “active voice”)

References

Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “مجهول”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مجهول”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979) “مجهول”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَجْهُول (majhūl).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mad͡ʒ.ˈhuːl/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäd͡ʒ.húːl]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.d͡ʒúːl]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.d͡ʒúl̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæd͡ʒ.húːl̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäd͡ʒ.húl]

Readings
Classical reading^?	majhūl
Dari reading^?	majhūl
Iranian reading^?	majhul
Tajik reading^?	majhul

Adjective


Iranian Persian	مجهول
Dari	مجهول
Tajik	маҷҳул

مجهول • (majhul)

(grammar) passive
unknown
(Classical Persian, Dari) majhul (vowel); see مَعْرُوف و مَجْهُول (ma'rūf u majhūl).
Antonym: مَعْروف (ma'ruf)

Noun


Iranian Persian	مجهول
Dari	مجهول
Tajik	маҷҳул

مجهول • (majhul)

(Classical Persian, Dari) majhul (vowel); see مَعْرُوف و مَجْهُول (ma'rūf u majhūl).
Antonym: مَعْروف (ma'ruf)

Antonyms

معلوم (ma'lum)