جارية

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaː.ri.ja/

جَارِيَة • (jāriya) f (plural جَارِيَات (jāriyāt) or جَوَارٍ (jawārin))

1. (archaic) a young woman; a maiden

   Synonyms: فَتَاة (fatāh), شَابَّة (šābba)

   Coordinate terms: غُلَام (ḡulām), فَتًى (fatan), شَابّ (šābb)

   • a. 965, Al-Mutanabbī, جَارِيَةٌ مَا لِجِسْمِهَا رُوحُ (jāriyatun mā lijismihā rūḥu)‎:

     جَارِيَةٌ مَا لِجِسْمِهَا رُوحُ / بِالْقَلْبِ مِنْ حُبِّهَا تَبَارِيحُ
     فِي كَفِّهَا طَاقَةٌ تُشِيرُ بِهَا / لَكُلِّ طِيبٍ مِنْ طِيبِهَا رِيحُ
     سَأَشْرَبُ الْكَأْسَ عَنْ إِشَارَتِهَا / وَدَمْعُ عَيْنِي فِي الْخَدِّ مَسْفُوحُ

     jāriyatun mā lijismihā rūḥu / bi-l-qalbi min ḥubbihā tabārīḥu
     fī kaffihā ṭāqatun tušīru bihā / lakulli ṭībin min ṭībihā rīḥu
     saʔašrabu l-kaʔsa ʕan ʔišāratihā / wadamʕu ʕaynī fī l-ḵaddi masfūḥu

     A lady without a soul,
     Yet through my love for her,
     My heart is shivering;
     In this hand, which she points around,
     There is so much power;
     Each and every fragrance
     From her fragrance draws its scent.
     I shall drink this glass as she points it out,
     With tears from my eyes, on my cheek,
     Rolling down.

2. a handmaiden; a slave-woman

   Synonyms: فَتَاة (fatāh), أَمَة (ʔama)

   Coordinate terms: غُلَام (ḡulām), فَتًى (fatan), عَبْد (ʕabd)

3. ship
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 55:24:

     وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ الْمُنْشَآتُ فِي الْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَامِ

     walahu l-jawāri al-munšaʔātu fī l-baḥri kal-ʔaʕlāmi

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   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 69:11:

     إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى الْمَاءُ حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِ

     ʔinnā lammā ṭaḡā l-māʔu ḥamalnākum fī al-jāriyati

     Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship.

جَارِيَة • (jāriya) f

1. feminine singular of جَارٍ (jārin)