دجال

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See also: دخال

Arabic

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Root
د ج ل (d j l)
1 term

Etymology

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Belongs to د ج ل (d-j-l) now, with a verb دَجَلَ (dajala, dupe, cheat, swindle, deceive), but the early religious use suggests that these meanings are a semantic loan from Classical Syriac ܕܰܓܳܠܳܐ (daggālā, liar), also used for the False Messiah, whereas the Arabic root prominently means “smearing things over other things”, “coating”.

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Noun

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دَجَّال (dajjālm (plural دَجَّالُون (dajjālūn) or دَجَاجِلَة (dajājila), feminine دَجَّالَة (dajjāla))

  1. someone who covers, coats things
    1. gilder, silverer
  2. swindler, cheat, imposter, charlatan, mountebank, liar
  3. (Islam) the False Messiah
    Synonyms: (Christianity) ضِدّ المَسِيح (ḍidd al-masīḥ, the Antichrist), (Christianity) نَقِيض المَسِيح (naqīḍ al-masīḥ, the Antichrist)

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References

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  • Schwally, Friedrich (1898) “Lexikalische Studien”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1] (in German), volume 52, page 132
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “دجل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 314

Malay

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Noun

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دجال

  1. Jawi spelling of dajal‎.

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic دَجَّال (dajjāl).

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Readings
Classical reading? dajjāl
Dari reading? dajjāl
Iranian reading? dajjâl
Tajik reading? dajjol

Noun

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دجال (dajjâl) (plural دجالان (dajjâlân))

  1. (Christianity, Islam) Antichrist, false Messiah, dajjal
    Synonym: المسیح الدجال (almasih-od-dajjâl)