أعجمي

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Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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Root
ع ج م (ʕ j m)
3 terms

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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أَعْجَمِيّ (ʔaʕjamiyy) (masculine plural أَعْجَمِيُّونَ (ʔaʕjamiyyūna) or أَعَاجِم (ʔaʕājim), feminine plural أَعْجَمِيَّات (ʔaʕjamiyyāt) or أَعَاجِم (ʔaʕājim))

  1. non-Arab, non-Arabic
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 41:44:
      وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا أَعْجَمِيًّا لَّقَالُوا لَوْلَا فُصِّلَتْ آيَاتُهُ أَأَعْجَمِيٌّ وَعَرَبِيٌّ
      wa-law jaʕalnāhu qurʔānan ʔaʕjamiyyan laqālū lawlā fuṣṣilat ʔāyātuhu ʔa-ʔaʕjamiyyun wa-ʕarabiyyun
      And if We had made it a non-Arabic Qur'an, they would have said, "Why are its verses not explained in detail [in our language]? Is it a foreign [recitation] and an Arab [messenger]?"
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Etymology 1.2

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Verb

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أَعْجِمِي (ʔaʕjimī) (form IV) /ʔaʕ.d͡ʒi.miː/

  1. second-person feminine singular imperative of أَعْجَمَ (ʔaʕjama)