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جميل

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Arabic

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Root
ج م ل (j m l)
15 terms

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.miːl/
  • Audio; [ʒæˈmiːl]:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːl

Adjective

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جَمِيل (jamīl) (feminine جَمِيلَة (jamīla), masculine plural جَمِيلُون (jamīlūn) or جُمَلَاء (jumalāʔ), feminine plural جَمِيلَات (jamīlāt) or جَمَائِل (jamāʔil), elative أَجْمَل (ʔajmal))

  1. beautiful
    زَرْتُ مَكَانًا جَمِيلًا وَمُثِيرًا لِلْإِعْجَابِ فِي رِحْلَتِي.
    zartu makānan jamīlan wamuṯīran lilʔiʕjābi fī riḥlatī.
    I visited a beautiful and stunning place on my trip
  2. pretty
  3. handsome, fair, elegant
  4. well-bred, of good manners
    • a. 1957, Elia Abu Madi (also known as Īlya bin Ḍāhir Abū Māḍi, and as Elia D. Madey; 1890-1957)
      أَيُّهَٰذَا الشَّاكِي وَمَا بِكَ دَاءٌ
      كُنْ جَمِيلًا تَرَ الْوُجُودَ جَمِيلًا
      ʔayyuhāḏā š-šākī wamā bika dāʔun
      kun jamīlan tara l-wujūda jamīlan
      O! who be this complainant, and what is thine ailment?
      Be courteous [thyself! and] thou shall see a beautiful existence.
  5. good, excellent

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: cəmil
  • Chagatai: جمیل
  • Ottoman Turkish: جمیل (cemîl)
  • Persian: جمیل (jamil)
  • Urdu: جمیل (jamīl)

Proper noun

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جَمِيل (jamīlm (feminine جَمِيلَة (jamīla))

  1. a male given name, Jamil or Jameel, feminine equivalent جَمِيلَة (jamīla)

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Noun

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جَمِيل (jamīlm (uncountable)

  1. good deed, favor, benefit
  2. good quality
  3. melted fat

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Moroccan Arabic

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Root
ج م ل
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic جَمِيل (jamīl).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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جميل (jmīl) (feminine جميلة (jmīla), common plural جمال (jmāl), masculine plural جميلين (jmīlīn), feminine plural جميلات (jmīlāt), elative أجمل (ʔajmal) or جمل (jmal))

  1. beautiful
    Synonym: زوين (zwīn)
    Antonym: خايب (ḵāyib)

Noun

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جميل (jmīlm

  1. good deed, favor, benefit
    Synonym: مزية (mziyya)

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ج م ل
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic جَمِيل (jamīl).

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Adjective

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جميل (jamīl) (feminine جميلة (jamīle), elative أجمل (ʾajmal))

  1. beautiful
    Synonym: حلو (ḥilu)
    Antonym: بشع (bišʕ)