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جوه

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of status, prestige, and honor. It also extends to specific terms related to animal handling and confronting someone.

Derived headwords

الجاهnoun
  1. 1.
    Status, prestige, honorboth

    Refers to a person's standing, rank, or esteemed position in society.

وجيهadjective
  1. 1.
    of high statusboth

    of high status

أوجهverb
  1. 1.
    made him prominentboth

    made him prominent

وجهverb
  1. 1.
    the man became prominent: meaning, of high statusboth

    the man became prominent: meaning, of high status

جاهother
  1. 1.
    status and positionboth

    status and position

جَاهِهverb
  1. 1.
    To confront, to faceclassical

    To meet someone directly, especially with something unpleasant or challenging.

Parallel reading

وفلان ذو جاه
And so-and-so is of high status.
وقد أوجهته أنا ووجهته، أي جعلته وجيها
And I have made him prominent and elevated him, meaning I made him a person of high standing.
وجاه: زجر للبعير دون الناقة، وهو مبنى على الكسر
And 'jāh': a reprimand for a male camel, not a female, and it is constructed with a kasra.
قال الاصمعي: وربما قالوا جاه باتنوين
Al-Asma'i said: And sometimes they say 'jāhan' with tanwin.
إذا قلت جاه لج حتى ترده
When I say 'jāh', it stops until you turn it back.
قوى أدم أطرافها في السلاسل
Its leather straps strengthened its ends in the chains.
ويقال: جاهه بالمكروه جوها، أي جبهه
And it is said: 'jāhahu bil-makrūh' means 'jawwahu', meaning to confront him.