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جزف

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with taking something without proper knowledge or assessment, often implying a risk or a lack of precision. It encompasses concepts of acting rashly, estimating without basis, or dealing with things in a wholesale, unexamined manner.

Derived headwords

جَزَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to take rashlyboth

    To take something without proper consideration, assessment, or knowledge of its true nature or value.

  2. 2.
    to estimate without basisclassical

    To make an estimation or judgment without a solid foundation or accurate information.

مُجَازَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    taking something by estimationboth

    taking something by estimation

جُزَافًاnoun
  1. 1.
    wholesaleboth

    In a manner of taking or dealing with things without careful selection or examination; in bulk.

  2. 2.
    without basisclassical

    Acting or estimating without a proper foundation or accurate information.

Parallel reading

أخذ الشئ مجازفة
He took the thing rashly.
أخذ الشئ جزافا
He took the thing wholesale/without basis.