جيل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of a generation, class, or kind of people. It extends to specific groups, nations, or tribes, and can also refer to a specific type of person or a collective entity. In a more specialized sense, it can denote a group appointed for a specific task or a type of stone.

Derived headwords

الجِيلnoun

1.
generationboth
A class or kind of people, referring to a specific group or cohort.
2.
nationclassical
A people or a nation, often distinguished by language or origin.
3.
typeboth
A kind or sort of people, referring to their classification.

أَجْيَالnoun

1.
generationsboth
The plural form of 'جيل', referring to multiple generations or classes of people.

جِيلَانname

1.
Jilanclassical
A group of people appointed by Khosrow in Bahrain, similar to overseers for date palm estimation or other tasks.
2.
Jilanclassical
A group of people from the mountains, associated with royalty.
3.
Jilanclassical
A tribe from Abd al-Qays.
4.
Jilanclassical
Stones or pebbles that have been rolled and shaped by the wind.

جِيل جِيلَانnoun

1.
Jil Jilanclassical
A people living behind the Daylamites, described as a group of polytheists.

قَبِيلُهُnoun

1.
his kindboth
His kind, his genus, or his people.

Parallel reading

الجيل: كل صنف من الناس، الترك جيل والصين جيل والعرب جيل والروم جيل

Al-Jil: Every class of people; the Turks are a class, the Chinese are a class, the Arabs are a class, and the Romans are a class.

والجمع أجيال

And the plural is 'ajyal'.

ما أعلم من جيل كان أخبث منكم

I do not know of a generation that was more wicked than you.

الجيل الصنف من الناس، وقيل الأمة، وقيل كل قوم يختصون بلغة جيل

Al-Jil is the class of people, and it is said to be the nation, and it is said to be every people who are distinguished by a language.

جيلان وجيلان: قوم رتبهم كسرى بالبحرين شبه الأكرة لخرص النخل أو لمهنة ما

Jilan and Jilan: a people whom Khosrow appointed in Bahrain, similar to overseers for estimating the date palms or for some task.

جيلان وجيلان فعلة الملوك، وكانوا من أهل الجبل

Jilan and Jilan were the servants of kings, and they were from the people of the mountain.

أتيح له جيلان [جيلان] عند جذاذه، ... وردد فيه الطرف حتى تحيرا

Jilan were made available to him at his pruning, ... and the gaze was repeated in it until it was bewildered.

أرسل جيلان ينحتون له ... ساتيذما بالحديد فانصدعا

He sent Jilan to carve for him... a satidhma with iron, and it split.

هو وقبيله؛ أي جيله، ومعناه جنسه

He and his kind; meaning his generation, and its meaning is his genus.

جيل جيلان: قوم خلف الديلم

Jil Jilan: a people behind the Daylamites.

جيل من المشركين خلف الديلم، يقال جيل جيلان

A generation of polytheists behind the Daylamites, it is said Jil Jilan.

جيلان، بفتح الجيم: حي من عبد القيس

Jilan, with the 'jim' open: a tribe from Abd al-Qays.

وجيلان الحصى ما أجالته الريح منه؛ يقال منه: ريح ذات جيلان

And Jilan of pebbles are those that the wind has rolled from it; it is said from it: a wind with Jilan.