جامع

Arabic

Root
ج م ع (j-m-ʕ)

Etymology 1

Root
ج م ع (j-m-ʕ)

Derived from the active participle of جَمَعَ (jamaʕa, to collect, gather).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaː.miʕ/
    • (Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡaː.miʕ/

Adjective

جَامِع • (jāmiʕ) (feminine جَامِعَة (jāmiʕa), masculine plural جَامِعُون (jāmiʕūn), feminine plural جَامِعَات (jāmiʕāt) or جَوَامِع (jawāmiʕ), elative أَجْمَع (ʔajmaʕ))

  1. comprehensive, extensive, broad, general, universal
Declension

Noun

جَامِع • (jāmiʕ) m (plural جَوَامِع (jawāmiʕ))

  1. collector
  2. compiler (of books)
  3. typesetter, compositor
  4. (Islam) congregational mosque
    الْجَامِع الْأَزْهَرal-jāmiʕ al-ʔazharAl-Azhar [Congregational] Mosque
Declension
Synonyms
Descendants
  • Egyptian Arabic: جامع (gāmiʕ)
  • Lishana Deni: גׄימע (jemaʿ)
  • Persian: جامع (jâme')
  • Ottoman Turkish: جامع (cami)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “جمع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaː.ma.ʕa/

Verb

جَامَعَ • (jāmaʕa) III, non-past يُجَامِعُ‎ (yujāmiʕu)

  1. to copulate with, to have intercourse with
    جَامَعَ زَوْجَتَهjāmaʕa zawjatahHe had intercourse with his wife.
Conjugation
Descendants

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَامِع (jāmiʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaːmɪʕ/

Noun

جامع • (gāmiʕ) m (plural جوامع (gawāmiʕ))

  1. mosque

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَامِع (jāmiʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒaː.miʕ/
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Noun

جامع • (jāmiʕ) m (plural جوامع (jwāmaʕ))

  1. mosque

Ottoman Turkish

جامع

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَامِع (jāmiʕ, mosque), a derivation from the active participle of جَمَعَ (jamaʕa, to collect, gather).

Noun

جامع • (camiʼ)

  1. mosque, a place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret
    Synonym: مسجد (mescid)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic جَامِع (jāmiʕ).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑː.me̞ʔ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑː.meː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɔː.meː]

Readings
Classical reading? jāmi'
Dari reading? jāme'
Iranian reading? jâme'
Tajik reading? jomeʾ

Adjective

Dari جامع
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷомеъ

جامع • (jâme') (comparative جامع‌تَر (jâme'-tar), superlative جامع‌تَرین (jâme'-tarin))

  1. comprehensive
  2. (Islam) (of a mosque) congregational or public

Derived terms

  • جامعیت (jâme'iyyat)

Descendants

  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: जामे (jāme)
    Urdu: جامِع (jāmi')

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج م ع
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَامِع (jāmiʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒaː.meʕ/, [ˈʒæː.mɪʕ]
  • (file)

Noun

جامع • (jāmeʕ) m (plural جوامع (jawāmeʕ))

  1. mosque
    Synonym: مسجد (masjed)
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