جوال

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See also: حوال and خوال

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ج و ل (j-w-l).

Noun

جَوَّال (jawwālm (plural جَوَّالَة (jawwāla) or جَوَّالُون (jawwālūn))

  1. who roams about much
    1. wanderer, tourist
    2. hawker, itinerant merchant
    3. ranger, rifleman
Declension

Noun

جَوَّال (jawwālm (plural جَوَّالَات (jawwālāt))

  1. mobile phone
Declension

Adjective

جَوَّال (jawwāl) (feminine جَوَّالَة (jawwāla), masculine plural جَوَّالُونَ (jawwālūna), feminine plural جَوَّالَات (jawwālāt))

  1. ambulatory, itinerant
  2. mobile, portable
Declension

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish چوال (çuval, sack), from Persian گوال (goval, sack).

Alternative forms

Noun

جُوَال (juwālm (plural جُوَالَات (juwālāt)) (dialectal)

  1. sack, such as to store grain or potatoes
    Synonyms: غِرَارَة (ḡirāra), كِيس (kīs), عِدْل (ʕidl), تِلِّيس (tillīs)
Declension

References

  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 186

Hijazi Arabic

جَوَّال

Etymology

From Arabic جَوَّال (jawwāl); from the root ج و ل (j-w-l), جوّل “to wander”.

Pronunciation

Noun

جَوَّال (jawwālm (plural جَوَّالات (jawwālāt))

  1. cell phone, mobile phone