فجور

Arabic

Root
ف ج ر (f j r)
8 terms

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

Declension of noun فُجُور (fujūr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُجُور fujūr	الْفُجُور al-fujūr	فُجُور fujūr
Nominative	فُجُورٌ fujūrun	الْفُجُورُ al-fujūru	فُجُورُ fujūru
Accusative	فُجُورًا fujūran	الْفُجُورَ al-fujūra	فُجُورَ fujūra
Genitive	فُجُورٍ fujūrin	الْفُجُورِ al-fujūri	فُجُورِ fujūri

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^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “فجور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz