دجال

See also: دخال

Arabic

Root
د ج ل (d j l)
1 term

Etymology

Belongs to د ج ل (d-j-l) now, with a verb دَجَلَ (dajala, “dupe, cheat, swindle, deceive”), but the early religious use suggests that these meanings are a semantic loan from Classical Syriac ܕܰܓܳܠܳܐ (daggālā, “liar”), also used for the False Messiah, whereas the Arabic root prominently means “smearing things over other things”, “coating”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dad͡ʒ.d͡ʒaːl/

Noun

دَجَّال • (dajjāl) m (plural دَجَّالُون (dajjālūn) or دَجَاجِلَة (dajājila), feminine دَجَّالَة (dajjāla))

1. someone who covers, coats things
   1. gilder, silverer
2. swindler, cheat, imposter, charlatan, mountebank, liar
3. (Islam) the False Messiah

   Synonyms: (Christianity) ضِدّ المَسِيح (ḍidd al-masīḥ, “the Antichrist”), (Christianity) نَقِيض المَسِيح (naqīḍ al-masīḥ, “the Antichrist”)

Declension

Declension of noun دَجَّال (dajjāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَجَّال dajjāl	الدَّجَّال ad-dajjāl	دَجَّال dajjāl
Nominative	دَجَّالٌ dajjālun	الدَّجَّالُ ad-dajjālu	دَجَّالُ dajjālu
Accusative	دَجَّالًا dajjālan	الدَّجَّالَ ad-dajjāla	دَجَّالَ dajjāla
Genitive	دَجَّالٍ dajjālin	الدَّجَّالِ ad-dajjāli	دَجَّالِ dajjāli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَجَّالَيْن dajjālayn	الدَّجَّالَيْن ad-dajjālayn	دَجَّالَيْ dajjālay
Nominative	دَجَّالَانِ dajjālāni	الدَّجَّالَانِ ad-dajjālāni	دَجَّالَا dajjālā
Accusative	دَجَّالَيْنِ dajjālayni	الدَّجَّالَيْنِ ad-dajjālayni	دَجَّالَيْ dajjālay
Genitive	دَجَّالَيْنِ dajjālayni	الدَّجَّالَيْنِ ad-dajjālayni	دَجَّالَيْ dajjālay
Plural	sound masculine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَجَّالِين‎; دَجَاجِلَة dajjālīn‎; dajājila	الدَّجَّالِين‎; الدَّجَاجِلَة ad-dajjālīn‎; ad-dajājila	دَجَّالِي‎; دَجَاجِلَة dajjālī‎; dajājilat
Nominative	دَجَّالُونَ‎; دَجَاجِلَةٌ dajjālūna‎; dajājilatun	الدَّجَّالُونَ‎; الدَّجَاجِلَةُ ad-dajjālūna‎; ad-dajājilatu	دَجَّالُو‎; دَجَاجِلَةُ dajjālū‎; dajājilatu
Accusative	دَجَّالِينَ‎; دَجَاجِلَةً dajjālīna‎; dajājilatan	الدَّجَّالِينَ‎; الدَّجَاجِلَةَ ad-dajjālīna‎; ad-dajājilata	دَجَّالِي‎; دَجَاجِلَةَ dajjālī‎; dajājilata
Genitive	دَجَّالِينَ‎; دَجَاجِلَةٍ dajjālīna‎; dajājilatin	الدَّجَّالِينَ‎; الدَّجَاجِلَةِ ad-dajjālīna‎; ad-dajājilati	دَجَّالِي‎; دَجَاجِلَةِ dajjālī‎; dajājilati

Descendants

• → English: dajjaal
• → Azerbaijani: dəccal
• → Persian: دجال (dajjâl)
  • → Tajik: даҷҷол (dajjol)
• → Kazakh: тажал (tajal), дәжәл (däjäl), дәжжәл (däjjäl)
• → Malay: dajal, dajjal
  • Indonesian: dajal
• → Malayalam: ദജ്ജാൽ (dajjāl)
• → Ottoman Turkish: دجال (deccal)
• → Tamil: தச்சால் (taccāl), தஜ்ஜால் (tajjāl)
  • → Turkish: deccal
• → Uyghur: دەججال (dejjal)
• → Uzbek: dajjol

References

• Schwally, Friedrich (1898) “Lexikalische Studien”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1] (in German), volume 52, page 132
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “دجل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 314

Malay

Noun

دجال

1. Jawi spelling of dajal‎.

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَجَّال (dajjāl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dad͡ʒ.ˈd͡ʒɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äd͡ʒ.d͡ʒɑ́ːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äd͡ʒ.d͡ʒɑ́ːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äd͡ʒ.d͡ʒɑ́ːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äd͡ʒ.d͡ʒɔ́ːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æd͡ʒ.d͡ʒɒ́ːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äd͡ʒ.d͡ʒɔ́l]

Readings
Classical reading?	dajjāl
Dari reading?	dajjāl
Iranian reading?	dajjâl
Tajik reading?	dajjol

Noun

دجال • (dajjâl) (plural دجالان (dajjâlân))

1. (Christianity, Islam) Antichrist, false Messiah, dajjal

   Synonym: المسیح الدجال (almasih-od-dajjâl)