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ج ي ل

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to generations, classes of people, and geographical regions. It also encompasses terms for specific groups, historical entities, and places, particularly in Persia and Yemen.

Derived headwords

اَلْجِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    generationboth

    A class or kind of people, such as Turks, Romans, or Chinese.

  2. 2.
    eraclassical

    A period of time, often referring to a specific epoch or generation.

أَجْيَالnoun
  1. 1.
    generationsboth

    The plural of 'جيل', referring to multiple classes or kinds of people across different eras.

جَيْلَانname
  1. 1.
    regionclassical

    A region in Yemen, with parts associated with obedience and parts with disobedience.

  2. 2.
    tribeclassical

    A tribe from the 'Abd al-Qays confederation.

  3. 3.
    areaclassical

    An area in Persia, a Persianized form of 'Kīlān'.

اَلْجِيلِيّname
  1. 1.
    from Jilclassical

    A nisba (attribution) indicating origin from Jil, a town on the Tigris below Baghdad.

  2. 2.
    from Gilanclassical

    A nisba indicating origin from Gilan, a region in Persia.

جَيْلname
  1. 1.
    townclassical

    A town on the Tigris below Baghdad, a Persian loanword 'Kīl'.

جَيْلَانname
  1. 1.
    peopleclassical

    A group of people appointed by Khosrow in Bahrain for estimating palm yields or other tasks.

جَيْلَانname
  1. 1.
    person's nameclassical

    The name of a man, al-Jald ibn Furwah al-Asadi, a Tabi'i from Basra.

جَيْل جَيْلَانname
  1. 1.
    peopleclassical

    A people located behind the Daylamites, described as polytheists.

اَلْجِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    centuryclassical

    A century or a period of time.

جَيْلname
  1. 1.
    man's nameclassical

    The name of a man who was the brother of Daylam, to whom Abu al-Hasan Qabus ibn Abi Tahir and Shamkir al-Jili were attributed.

Parallel reading

اَلْجِيلُ، بِالْكَسْرِ: الصِّنْفُ مِنْ نَاسٍ فَالتُّرْكُ جِيلٌ، وَالرُّومُ جِيلٌ، وَالصِّينُ جِيلٌ
Al-jīl, with a kasra: the class of people, so the Turks are a jīl, and the Romans are a jīl, and the Chinese are a jīl.
وَالْجَمْعُ: أَجْيَالٌ وَجَيْلَانٌ
And the plural is: ajyāl and jaylān.
جَيْلٌ بِلَا لَامٍ: ةٌ عَلَى دِجْلَةَ أَسْفَلَ بَغْدَادَ مُعَرَّبٌ كَيْلٌ
Jīl without the 'al-': a town on the Tigris below Baghdad, a Persian loanword 'Kīl'.
وَقَدْ نُسِبَ إِلَيْهَا صَالِحُ بْنُ شَافِعٍ - الْجِيلِيُّ
And Sālih ibn Shāfi' - al-Jīlī - was attributed to it.
وَزِيَادُ بْنُ جَيْلٍ الْأَبْنَاوِيُّ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ، رَوَى عَنْهُ هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ
And Ziyād ibn Jayl al-Abnāwī al-Ṣan'ānī, Hishām ibn Yūsuf narrated from him.
وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ جَيْلٍ كُوفِيٌّ: مُحَدِّثَانِ
And Yazīd ibn Jayl, a Kufan: two traditionists.
وَفَاتَهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي نَصْرِ بْنِ جَيْلٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، مُتَأَخِّرٌ مُقْرِئٌ، رَوَى عَنِ ابْنِ كُلَيْبٍ وَغَيْرِهِ
And Muhammad ibn Abī Naṣr ibn Jayl al-Hamdānī, a late reciter, narrated from Ibn Kulayb and others, passed away.
وَاخْتُلِفَ فِي جَدِّ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ خَالِدِ بْنِ جَيْلٍ
And there was disagreement about the grandfather of 'Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Khālid ibn Jayl.
وَجَيْلَانُ بِالْفَتْحِ: حَيٌّ مِنْ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ نَقَلَهُ الصَّاغَانِيُّ
And Jaylān, with a fatḥa: a tribe from 'Abd al-Qays, as transmitted by al-Ṣāghānī.
أَطَافَتْ بِهِ جَيْلَانُ عِنْدَ قَطَاعِهِ ... وَرَدَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ حَتَّى تَحَيَّرَا
Jaylān surrounded him at his crossing... and they returned the water to him until he was bewildered.
وَجَيْلَانُ: مِخْلَافٌ بِالْيَمَنِ شِقٌّ مِنْهُ لِلطَّاعَةِ، وَشِقٌّ مِنْهُ لِلْعِصْيَانِ، نَقَلَهُ الصَّاغَانِيُّ
And Jaylān: a region in Yemen, a part of it for obedience, and a part of it for disobedience, as transmitted by al-Ṣāghānī.
وَالْجَيْلَانُ مِنَ الْحَصَى: مَا أَجَالَتْهُ الرِّيحُ
And al-Jaylān of pebbles: what the wind has rolled.
وَجَيْلَانُ بِالْكَسْرِ: إِقْلِيمٌ بِالْعَجَمِ، مُعَرَّبٌ كَيْلَانَ بِالْإِمَالَةِ، وَإِلَيْهِ نِسْبَةُ الْقُطْبِ سِيدِي عَبْدِ الْقَادِرِ - الْجَيْلَانِيِّ
And Jaylān, with a kasra: a province in Persia, a Persianized form of Kīlān with imāla, and to it is attributed the Qutb, Sīdī 'Abd al-Qādir - al-Jīlānī.
وَكَانَ عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ مِنْهُمْ حَافِظًا ثِقَةً
And 'Abd al-Razzāq among them was a حافظ (ḥāfiẓ - memorizer) and ثقة (thiqah - trustworthy).
وَابْنُهُ نَصْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ كَانَ عَالِيَ الْإِسْنَادِ
And his son Naṣr ibn 'Abd al-Razzāq had a high isnād (chain of narration).
وَجَيْلَانُ: قَوْمٌ رَتَّبَهُمْ كِسْرَى بِالْبَحْرَيْنِ لِخَرْصِ النَّخْلِ، أَوْ لِمِهْنَةٍ مَا، نَقَلَهُ ابْنُ سِيدَهْ وَالصَّاغَانِيُّ، وَضَبَطَاهُ بِالْفَتْحِ
And Jaylān: a people whom Khosrow stationed in Bahrain for estimating palm yields, or for some task, as transmitted by Ibn Sīdah and al-Ṣāghānī, and they both vocalized it with a fatḥa.
وَجَيْلَانُ: اسْمُ أَبِي الْجَلْدِ بْنِ فَرْوَةَ الْأَسَدِيِّ، بَصْرِيٌّ تَابِعِيٌّ، رَوَى عَنْهُ أَبُو عِمْرَانَ الْجُونِيُّ، وَغَيْرُهُ
And Jaylān: the name of Abū al-Jald ibn Furwah al-Asadī, a Basran Tabi'i, Abū 'Imrān al-Jūnī and others narrated from him.
وَقَالَ ابْنُ خَلِّكَانَ: جَيْلٌ: رَجُلٌ كَانَ أَخَا دِيَلَمَ، نُسِبَ إِلَيْهِ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ قَابُوسُ بْنُ أَبِي طَاهِرٍ وَشَمْكِيرُ الْجِيلِيُّ، أَمِيرُ جُرْجَانَ
And Ibn Khallikān said: Jayl: a man who was the brother of Daylam, to whom Abū al-Ḥasan Qābūs ibn Abī Ṭāhir and Shamkīr al-Jīlī, the emir of Jurjan, were attributed.