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
  •  IPA(key): /ɣa.d͡ʒar/
  • (Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɣa.ɡar/

Noun

غَجَر • (ḡajar) m (collective, singulative غَجَرِيّ m (ḡajariyy))

  1. Ghagar, one of the tribes of Doms in Egypt
  2. Gypsies (Romani)
  3. a rude or abusive person

Declension
Declension of noun غَجَر (ḡajar)
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, volume 94, number 1, →DOI, page 117
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