استجار

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ج و ر (j-w-r)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

اِسْتَجَارَ (istajāra) X, non-past يَسْتَجِيرُ‎ (yastajīru)

  1. to seek protection, to seek refuge
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:6:
      وَإِنْ أَحَدٌ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ٱسْتَجَارَكَ فَأَجِرْهُ []
      waʔin ʔaḥadun mina l-mušrikīna stajāraka faʔajirhu []
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to appeal for aid

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