جبار

See also: خباز, خبار, and حبار

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ج ب ر (j-b-r)

From Proto-West Semitic *gabbār-. Compare Hebrew גיבור / גִּבּוֹר (gibbōr) and Classical Syriac ܓܢܒܪܐ (ga(n)bbārā).

Adjective

جَبَّار • (jabbār) (feminine جَبَّارَة (jabbāra), masculine plural جَبَّارُونَ (jabbārūna) or جَبَابِرَة (jabābira) or جَبَابِر (jabābir) or جَبَابِير (jabābīr))

  1. almighty, omnipotent, superhuman
  2. mighty, powerful
  3. colossal, giant, gigantic, titanic, tremendous, huge
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Noun

جَبَّار • (jabbār) m (plural جَبَّارُونَ (jabbārūna) or جَبَابِرَة (jabābira) or جَبَابِر (jabābir) or جَبَابِير (jabābīr))

  1. giant, colossus, Goliath, titan
  2. tyrant, oppressor, strongman
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Etymology 2

Root
ج ب ر (j-b-r)

Noun

جِبَار • (jibār) m

  1. verbal noun of جَابَرَ (jābara) (form III)
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Etymology 3

Root
ج ب ر (j-b-r)

Appellative for some martial god, whose name then stood for planets and then like Latin diēs Mārtis or Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag after war-gods for Tuesday.

Proper noun

جُبَار • (jubār) m

  1. (obsolete) Tuesday
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References

  • Rotter, Gernot (1993) “Der dies veneris im vorislamischen Mekka, eine neue Deutung des Namens „Europa“ und eine Erklärung für kobar = Venus”, in Der Islam (in German), volume 70, number 1, →DOI, page 120

Persian

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.bɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.bɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.bɔ́ːɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? jaḇār
Dari reading? jabār
Iranian reading? jabâr
Tajik reading? jabor

Adjective

جبار • (jabâr) (comparative جبارتَر (jabâr-tar), superlative جبارتَرین (jabâr-tarin))

  1. unmerciful

Adverb

جبار • (jabâr)

  1. unmercifully

Noun

جبار • (jabâr)

  1. taskmaster
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