"جعفر" meaning in Arabic

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Proper name

IPA: /d͡ʒaʕ.far/
Etymology: An augmentation of the root ج ع ف (j-ʕ-f) meaning a to pull or uproot, to wash away, to overturn or rip from foundations, a torrent that carries things away; possibly blended with the root ج ف ر (j-f-r) denoting to be swollen, to be filled up, hence a full or flooded riverbed. The first root is potentially a dialect variant of the root ج ف ء (j-f-ʔ) also denoting the washing away of objects from a valley full of water, to sweep off or carry away, to pull or uproot. Etymology templates: {{ar-root|ج|ع|ف}} ج ع ف (j-ʕ-f), {{ar-root|ج|ف|ر}} ج ف ر (j-f-r), {{ar-root|ج|ف|ء}} ج ف ء (j-f-ʔ) Head templates: {{head|ar|proper noun|head=جَعْفَر}} جَعْفَر • (jaʕfar) Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|جَعْفَر:tri|state=ind-def}} Forms: جَعْفَر [canonical], jaʕfar [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], - [indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], جَعْفَر [definite, informal, singular, triptote], - [construct, informal, singular, triptote], - [indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], جَعْفَرٌ [definite, nominative, singular, triptote], - [construct, nominative, singular, triptote], - [accusative, indefinite, singular, triptote], جَعْفَرًا [accusative, definite, singular, triptote], - [accusative, construct, singular, triptote], - [genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], جَعْفَرٍ [definite, genitive, singular, triptote], - [construct, genitive, singular, triptote]
  1. a male given name, Jafar, Jaafar, Ja'far Categories (topical): Arabic given names, Arabic male given names
    Sense id: en-جعفر-ar-name-9bZ7XhP9 Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic nouns with basic diptote broken plural, Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular, Arabic nouns with broken plural, Arabic terms belonging to the root ج ع ف, Arabic terms belonging to the root ج ف ء, Arabic terms belonging to the root ج ف ر, Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 35 14 0 30 2 18 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic diptote broken plural: 38 19 1 17 3 22 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular: 54 13 2 11 5 15 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with broken plural: 38 20 1 18 2 21 Disambiguation of Arabic terms belonging to the root ج ع ف: 55 16 2 8 6 13 Disambiguation of Arabic terms belonging to the root ج ف ء: 55 16 2 8 6 13 Disambiguation of Arabic terms belonging to the root ج ف ر: 55 16 2 8 6 13 Disambiguation of Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 37 21 1 21 2 19
  2. Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad aṣ-Ṣādiq, a revered 8th-century Muslim scholar and the sixth Imam for Twelver and ʾIsmāʿīliyy Shia Muslims, after whom the Jaʿfari school of jurisprudence is named.
    Sense id: en-جعفر-ar-name-AVg4tIJC Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 35 14 0 30 2 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: جَعْفَرِيّ (jaʕfariyy)

Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒaʕ.far/
Etymology: An augmentation of the root ج ع ف (j-ʕ-f) meaning a to pull or uproot, to wash away, to overturn or rip from foundations, a torrent that carries things away; possibly blended with the root ج ف ر (j-f-r) denoting to be swollen, to be filled up, hence a full or flooded riverbed. The first root is potentially a dialect variant of the root ج ف ء (j-f-ʔ) also denoting the washing away of objects from a valley full of water, to sweep off or carry away, to pull or uproot. Etymology templates: {{ar-root|ج|ع|ف}} ج ع ف (j-ʕ-f), {{ar-root|ج|ف|ر}} ج ف ر (j-f-r), {{ar-root|ج|ف|ء}} ج ف ء (j-f-ʔ) Head templates: {{ar-noun|جَعْفَر|m|pl=جَعَافِر}} جَعْفَر • (jaʕfar) m (plural جَعَافِر (jaʕāfir)) Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|جَعْفَر|m|pl=جَعَافِر}} Forms: جَعْفَر [canonical], jaʕfar [romanization], جَعَافِر [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], جَعْفَر [indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], الْجَعْفَر [definite, informal, singular, triptote], جَعْفَر [construct, informal, singular, triptote], جَعْفَرٌ [indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], الْجَعْفَرُ [definite, nominative, singular, triptote], جَعْفَرُ [construct, nominative, singular, triptote], جَعْفَرًا [accusative, indefinite, singular, triptote], الْجَعْفَرَ [accusative, definite, singular, triptote], جَعْفَرَ [accusative, construct, singular, triptote], جَعْفَرٍ [genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], الْجَعْفَرِ [definite, genitive, singular, triptote], جَعْفَرِ [construct, genitive, singular, triptote], جَعْفَرَيْن [dual, indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], الْجَعْفَرَيْن [definite, dual, informal, singular, triptote], جَعْفَرَيْ [construct, dual, informal, singular, triptote], جَعْفَرَانِ [dual, indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], الْجَعْفَرَانِ [definite, dual, nominative, singular, triptote], جَعْفَرَا [construct, dual, nominative, singular, triptote], جَعْفَرَيْنِ [accusative, dual, indefinite, singular, triptote], الْجَعْفَرَيْنِ [accusative, definite, dual, singular, triptote], جَعْفَرَيْ [accusative, construct, dual, singular, triptote], جَعْفَرَيْنِ [dual, genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], الْجَعْفَرَيْنِ [definite, dual, genitive, singular, triptote], جَعْفَرَيْ [construct, dual, genitive, singular, triptote], جَعَافِر [broken-form, diptote, indefinite, informal, plural], الْجَعَافِر [broken-form, definite, diptote, informal, plural], جَعَافِر [broken-form, construct, diptote, informal, plural], جَعَافِرُ [broken-form, diptote, indefinite, nominative, plural], الْجَعَافِرُ [broken-form, definite, diptote, nominative, plural], جَعَافِرُ [broken-form, construct, diptote, nominative, plural], جَعَافِرَ [accusative, broken-form, diptote, indefinite, plural], الْجَعَافِرَ [accusative, broken-form, definite, diptote, plural], جَعَافِرَ [accusative, broken-form, construct, diptote, plural], جَعَافِرَ [broken-form, diptote, genitive, indefinite, plural], الْجَعَافِرِ [broken-form, definite, diptote, genitive, plural], جَعَافِرِ [broken-form, construct, diptote, genitive, plural]
  1. full river
    Sense id: en-جعفر-ar-noun--imr-LpC
  2. full river
    camel full of milk
    Sense id: en-جعفر-ar-noun-txGcq7ew Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 35 14 0 30 2 18
  3. brook, creek, rivulet
    Sense id: en-جعفر-ar-noun-pgxosKgW
  4. flooded wadi, torrent
    Sense id: en-جعفر-ar-noun-mHcYkHSD Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 35 14 0 30 2 18

Download JSON data for جعفر meaning in Arabic (13.7kB)

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          "english": "In the Arabian Peninsula there aren’t really rivers of river names like the river “Tigris” or the “Euphrat” or the “Nile”, but it has diverse rivers or rivulets.",
          "ref": "1960, جَوَّاد عَلِي (jawwād ʕalī), المفصل في تاريخ العرب قبل الإسلام [The Detailed History of the Arabs before Islam], 1, 4",
          "text": "ليس في جزيرة العرب انهار كبيرة بالمعنى المعروف من لفظة نهر مثل نهر دجلة أو الفرات أو النيل، بل فيها أنهار مغيرة أو جعافر.",
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    }
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  "word": "جعفر"
}

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          "ref": "1960, جَوَّاد عَلِي (jawwād ʕalī), المفصل في تاريخ العرب قبل الإسلام [The Detailed History of the Arabs before Islam], 1, 4",
          "text": "ليس في جزيرة العرب انهار كبيرة بالمعنى المعروف من لفظة نهر مثل نهر دجلة أو الفرات أو النيل، بل فيها أنهار مغيرة أو جعافر.",
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        "flooded wadi, torrent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flooded",
          "flooded"
        ],
        [
          "wadi",
          "wadi"
        ],
        [
          "torrent",
          "torrent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒaʕ.far/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "جعفر"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Arabic 2-syllable words",
    "Arabic definite nouns",
    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic masculine nouns",
    "Arabic nouns",
    "Arabic nouns with basic diptote broken plural",
    "Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular",
    "Arabic nouns with broken plural",
    "Arabic proper nouns",
    "Arabic terms belonging to the root ج ع ف",
    "Arabic terms belonging to the root ج ف ء",
    "Arabic terms belonging to the root ج ف ر",
    "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "jaʕfariyy",
      "word": "جَعْفَرِيّ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ج",
        "2": "ع",
        "3": "ف"
      },
      "expansion": "ج ع ف (j-ʕ-f)",
      "name": "ar-root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ج",
        "2": "ف",
        "3": "ر"
      },
      "expansion": "ج ف ر (j-f-r)",
      "name": "ar-root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ج",
        "2": "ف",
        "3": "ء"
      },
      "expansion": "ج ف ء (j-f-ʔ)",
      "name": "ar-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "An augmentation of the root ج ع ف (j-ʕ-f) meaning a to pull or uproot, to wash away, to overturn or rip from foundations, a torrent that carries things away; possibly blended with the root ج ف ر (j-f-r) denoting to be swollen, to be filled up, hence a full or flooded riverbed. The first root is potentially a dialect variant of the root ج ف ء (j-f-ʔ) also denoting the washing away of objects from a valley full of water, to sweep off or carry away, to pull or uproot.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "جَعْفَر",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaʕfar",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "جَعْفَر",
      "roman": "jaʕfar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "جَعْفَرٌ",
      "roman": "jaʕfarun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "جَعْفَرًا",
      "roman": "jaʕfaran",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "construct",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "جَعْفَرٍ",
      "roman": "jaʕfarin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "جَعْفَر"
      },
      "expansion": "جَعْفَر • (jaʕfar)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "جَعْفَر:tri",
        "state": "ind-def"
      },
      "name": "ar-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic given names",
        "Arabic male given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name, Jafar, Jaafar, Ja'far"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Jafar",
          "Jafar"
        ],
        [
          "Jaafar",
          "Jaafar"
        ],
        [
          "Ja'far",
          "Ja'far"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad aṣ-Ṣādiq, a revered 8th-century Muslim scholar and the sixth Imam for Twelver and ʾIsmāʿīliyy Shia Muslims, after whom the Jaʿfari school of jurisprudence is named."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Twelver",
          "Twelver"
        ],
        [
          "ʾIsmāʿīliyy",
          "Isma'ili"
        ],
        [
          "Shia",
          "Shia"
        ],
        [
          "jurisprudence",
          "jurisprudence"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒaʕ.far/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "جعفر"
}

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