ماجور

See also: مأجور

Arabic

Etymology

Generally believed to be of Coptic origin, however the exact word is omitted. One option is *ⲙⲁϫⲱⲣ (*mačōr) from ⲙⲁ- (ma-, “place”) + ϫⲱⲣ (čōr, “to scatter”), another ⲙⲁⲕⲣⲟ (makro, “trough, mortar”) to which colloquial Egyptian Arabic could have applied the tool-pattern as in كَالُون (kālūn). However the Tractate Kelim attests מגור to mean a stand in which fire was held in the hearth, comparable to earlier Biblical Hebrew מְגוּרָה (məḡūrā) meaning a place of living, barn or storehouse, from the root ג־ו־ר (g-w-r), the root of جَار (jār, “neighbour”), which itself we have charged to be an Aramaic loanword.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː.d͡ʒuːr/
• (Lower Egypt) IPA^(key): /maɡuːr/

Noun

مَاجُور • (mājūr) m (plural مَوَاجِير (mawājīr))

1. (chiefly Egypt) vat, wide-bellied bowl, trough – such as for example a kneading trough, or a pottery coffin for burial until the III^rd dynasty

Declension

Declension of noun مَاجُور (mājūr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَاجُور mājūr	الْمَاجُور al-mājūr	مَاجُور mājūr
Nominative	مَاجُورٌ mājūrun	الْمَاجُورُ al-mājūru	مَاجُورُ mājūru
Accusative	مَاجُورًا mājūran	الْمَاجُورَ al-mājūra	مَاجُورَ mājūra
Genitive	مَاجُورٍ mājūrin	الْمَاجُورِ al-mājūri	مَاجُورِ mājūri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَاجُورَيْن mājūrayn	الْمَاجُورَيْن al-mājūrayn	مَاجُورَيْ mājūray
Nominative	مَاجُورَانِ mājūrāni	الْمَاجُورَانِ al-mājūrāni	مَاجُورَا mājūrā
Accusative	مَاجُورَيْنِ mājūrayni	الْمَاجُورَيْنِ al-mājūrayni	مَاجُورَيْ mājūray
Genitive	مَاجُورَيْنِ mājūrayni	الْمَاجُورَيْنِ al-mājūrayni	مَاجُورَيْ mājūray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوَاجِير mawājīr	الْمَوَاجِير al-mawājīr	مَوَاجِير mawājīr
Nominative	مَوَاجِيرُ mawājīru	الْمَوَاجِيرُ al-mawājīru	مَوَاجِيرُ mawājīru
Accusative	مَوَاجِيرَ mawājīra	الْمَوَاجِيرَ al-mawājīra	مَوَاجِيرَ mawājīra
Genitive	مَوَاجِيرَ mawājīra	الْمَوَاجِيرِ al-mawājīri	مَوَاجِيرِ mawājīri

References

• Bishai, Wilson B. (1964) “Coptic Lexical Influence on Egyptian Arabic”, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies, volume 23, number 1, →DOI, page 43b
• Winter, Moritz (1910) Die Koch- und Tafelgeräte in Palästina zur Zeit der Mischnah‎^[1] (in German), Berlin: H. Itzkowski, page 10