نجار

See also: نجاز

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Aramaic נַגָּרָא / ܢܰܓܳܪܳܐ (naggārā), from Akkadian 𒉄 (NAGAR /⁠naggāru⁠/), from Sumerian 𒉄 (NAGAR, “carpenter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nad͡ʒ.d͡ʒaːr/

Noun

نَجَّار • (najjār) m (plural نَجَّارُون (najjārūn), feminine نَجَّارَة (najjāra))

1. carpenter
2. cabinetmaker
3. joiner

Declension

Declension of noun نَجَّار (najjār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَجَّار najjār	النَّجَّار an-najjār	نَجَّار najjār
Nominative	نَجَّارٌ najjārun	النَّجَّارُ an-najjāru	نَجَّارُ najjāru
Accusative	نَجَّارًا najjāran	النَّجَّارَ an-najjāra	نَجَّارَ najjāra
Genitive	نَجَّارٍ najjārin	النَّجَّارِ an-najjāri	نَجَّارِ najjāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَجَّارَيْن najjārayn	النَّجَّارَيْن an-najjārayn	نَجَّارَيْ najjāray
Nominative	نَجَّارَانِ najjārāni	النَّجَّارَانِ an-najjārāni	نَجَّارَا najjārā
Accusative	نَجَّارَيْنِ najjārayni	النَّجَّارَيْنِ an-najjārayni	نَجَّارَيْ najjāray
Genitive	نَجَّارَيْنِ najjārayni	النَّجَّارَيْنِ an-najjārayni	نَجَّارَيْ najjāray
Plural	sound masculine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَجَّارِين najjārīn	النَّجَّارِين an-najjārīn	نَجَّارِي najjārī
Nominative	نَجَّارُونَ najjārūna	النَّجَّارُونَ an-najjārūna	نَجَّارُو najjārū
Accusative	نَجَّارِينَ najjārīna	النَّجَّارِينَ an-najjārīna	نَجَّارِي najjārī
Genitive	نَجَّارِينَ najjārīna	النَّجَّارِينَ an-najjārīna	نَجَّارِي najjārī

Derived terms

• نَجَرَ (najara, “to hew, to plane”)
• نَجَّرَ (najjara, “to hew, to plane”)
• مِنْجَرَة (minjara, “carpenter’s plane”)
• نِجَارَة (nijāra, “carpentry”)

Descendants

• Maltese: naġġar (“stonemason”)
• → Armenian: նաջար (naǰar)
• → Persian: نجار (najjâr)
  • → Hindustani:

    Urdu: نجار (najjār)

Proper noun

نَجَّار • (najjār)

1. a surname

Etymology 2

Root
ن ج ر (n-j-r)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu.d͡ʒaːr/

Noun

نُجَار • (nujār) m

1. origin, descent, stock, root

Declension

Declension of noun نُجَار (nujār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نُجَار nujār	النُّجَار an-nujār	نُجَار nujār
Nominative	نُجَارٌ nujārun	النُّجَارُ an-nujāru	نُجَارُ nujāru
Accusative	نُجَارًا nujāran	النُّجَارَ an-nujāra	نُجَارَ nujāra
Genitive	نُجَارٍ nujārin	النُّجَارِ an-nujāri	نُجَارِ nujāri

Etymology 3

Verb

نُجَارُّ • (nujārru) (form III)

1. first-person plural non-past active indicative of جَارَّ (jārra)
2. first-person plural non-past active indicative of جَارَرَ (jārara)
3. first-person plural non-past passive indicative of جَارَّ (jārra)
4. first-person plural non-past passive indicative of جَارَرَ (jārara)

Verb

نُجَارَّ • (nujārra) (form III)

1. first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of جَارَّ (jārra)
2. first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of جَارَرَ (jārara)
3. first-person plural non-past active jussive of جَارَّ (jārra)
4. first-person plural non-past active jussive of جَارَرَ (jārara)
5. first-person plural non-past passive subjunctive of جَارَّ (jārra)
6. first-person plural non-past passive subjunctive of جَارَرَ (jārara)
7. first-person plural non-past passive jussive of جَارَّ (jārra)
8. first-person plural non-past passive jussive of جَارَرَ (jārara)

Verb

نُجَارِّ • (nujārri) (form III)

1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of جَارَّ (jārra)
2. first-person plural non-past active jussive of جَارَرَ (jārara)
3. first-person plural non-past passive jussive of جَارَّ (jārra)
4. first-person plural non-past passive jussive of جَارَرَ (jārara)

Etymology 4

Verb

نُجَارُ • (nujāru) (form IV)

1. first-person plural non-past passive indicative of أَجَارَ (ʔajāra)

Verb

نُجَارَ • (nujāra) (form IV)

1. first-person plural non-past passive subjunctive of أَجَارَ (ʔajāra)

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 254–255
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “نجار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 243
• Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, page 37
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1875) Mandäische Grammatik‎^[2] (in German), Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, page 120
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “نجار”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1108
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “نجار”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1248
• Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 25

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic نَجَّار (najjār).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nad͡ʒ.ˈd͡ʒɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näd͡ʒ.d͡ʒɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näd͡ʒ.d͡ʒɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näd͡ʒ.d͡ʒɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näd͡ʒ.d͡ʒɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næd͡ʒ.d͡ʒɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näd͡ʒ.d͡ʒɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	najjār
Iranian reading?	najjâr
Tajik reading?	najjor

Noun

نجار • (najjâr)

1. carpenter

   Synonym: درگر (dorgar)

Related terms

• نجاری (najjâri)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Urdu: نجار (najjār)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نجار (najjār), from Arabic نَجّار (najjār).

Noun

نجار • (najjār) m (Hindi spelling नज्जार)

1. carpenter

Related terms

• نجاری (najjārī)