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جارية

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of flowing, running, or moving, often applied to water, liquids, or even ships. It can also extend to describe something that is in motion or actively engaged in an action, and by extension, a young girl or a female slave.

Derived headwords

جَارِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    running waterboth

    Water that is flowing or running, such as a stream or river.

  2. 2.
    shipclassical

    A vessel that sails or moves on water, often implying speed or continuous motion.

  3. 3.
    young girlboth

    A female child or adolescent.

  4. 4.
    female slaveclassical

    A woman who is enslaved or a bondwoman.

جَرْيnoun
  1. 1.
    runningboth

    The act of running or moving swiftly.

  2. 2.
    flowboth

    The movement of a liquid, such as water.

جَرَىverb
  1. 1.
    to runboth

    To move rapidly on foot.

  2. 2.
    to flowboth

    To move in a steady stream, as a liquid.

  3. 3.
    to happenboth

    To occur or take place.

  4. 4.
    to circulateboth

    To pass from place to place or person to person, as news or rumors.

مَجْرَىnoun
  1. 1.
    courseboth

    The path or direction followed by a river, stream, or other body of water.

  2. 2.
    channelboth

    A passage or groove through which something may run or flow.

  3. 3.
    flowboth

    The act or process of flowing.

مُجَارَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    keeping paceboth

    The act of keeping up with or matching someone or something.

  2. 2.
    going along withboth

    The act of agreeing with or accommodating someone's views or actions.

جَارٍadjective
  1. 1.
    runningboth

    In motion; flowing.

  2. 2.
    currentboth

    Happening or existing at the present time.

تَجَارٍnoun
  1. 1.
    flowsboth

    Plural of 'flow' or 'course'.

جَرَّاءnoun
  1. 1.
    consequenceboth

    A result or effect of an action or condition.

Parallel reading

جارية دخدبة، بفتح الدالين، وبكسرهما: مكتنزة.
A jariya (running/flowing thing), dakdaba (with both dāls pronounced fathah or kasrah): plump/well-built.