جمال

See also: حمال

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verbal noun of جَمُلَ (jamula, to be beautiful), from the root ج م ل (j-m-l).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.maːl/
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Noun

جَمَال • (jamāl) m

  1. verbal noun of جَمُلَ (jamula) (form I)
  2. beauty
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:6:
      وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا جَمَالٌ حِينَ تُرِيحُونَ وَحِينَ تَسْرَحُونَ
      walakum fīhā jamālun ḥīna turīḥūna waḥīna tasraḥūna
      There is in them [cattle] a beauty for you when you bring them home for rest and when you drive them forth to pasture.
Declension
Synonyms

Proper noun

جَمَال • (jamāl) m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Jamal
Declension

Etymology 2

Inflected form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.maːl/

Noun

جِمَال • (jimāl) m pl

  1. plural of جَمَل (jamal)

Etymology 3

Occupational noun derived from جَمَل (jamal, camel).

Noun

جَمَّال • (jammāl) m (plural جَمَّالُون (jammālūn) or جَمَّالَةٌ (jammālatun), feminine جَمَّالَة (jammāla))

  1. camel driver
Declension

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَمَال (jamāl).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.mɑ́ːl]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.mɑ́ːl]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.mɔ́ːl̥]

Readings
Classical reading? jamāl
Dari reading? jamāl
Iranian reading? jamâl
Tajik reading? jamol

Noun

جمال • (jamâl)

  1. beauty (quality of pleasing appearance)
    Synonym: زیبایی (zibâyi)
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