فجور

Arabic

Root
ف ج ر (f-j-r)

Etymology

Verbal noun of فَجَرَ (fajara).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fu.d͡ʒuːr/

Noun

فُجُور • (fujūr) m

  1. verbal noun of فَجَرَ (fajara) (form I)
  2. wickedness
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 91:8:
      فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
      faʔalhamahā fujūrahā wataqwāhā
      And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
  3. debauchery

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: fücur
  • Indonesian: fujur
  • Ottoman Turkish: فجور
    • Turkish: fücur
  • Uzbek: fujur

References

  • Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “فجور”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
  • Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “فجور”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “فجور”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “فجور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz
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