راجل

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Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of رَجِلَ (rajila, to go on foot), from the root ر ج ل (r-j-l); compare رِجْل (rijl, foot, leg).

Pronunciation

Noun

رَاجِل (rājilm (plural رَجْل (rajl) or رِجَال (rijāl) or رَجْلَة (rajla) or رَجْلَى (rajlā) or رُجَّال (rujjāl) or رَجَّالَة (rajjāla) or رُجَّالَى (rujjālā) or رَجَالَى (rajālā) or رُجَالَى (rujālā) or رُجْلَان (rujlān) or أَرَاجِل (ʔarājil) or أَرَاجِيل (ʔarājīl) or أَرْجِلَة (ʔarjila))

  1. pedestrian
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:239:
      فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ فَرِجَالًا أَوْ رُكْبَانًا
      faʔin ḵiftum farijālan ʔaw rukbānan
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. good walker
  3. footsoldier

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Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic رَاجِل (rājil, goer, pedestrian, footman, foot soldier) (opposite of فَارِس (fāris)). A variant of رَجُل (rajul).

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. man
    الله يرحمه كان راجل شرقي ودمه حامى.
    allā́h yirḥám-u kān rā́gil šárʾi wi dámm-u ḥā́mi.
    May he rest in peace, he was an eastern man and hot blooded.
  2. husband
    لو بتحبها بجد خليك راجلها.
    law bitḥibb-áha bi-gádd xallī́k ragl-áha.
    If you really love her become her husband.
  3. king (playing cards)

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic رَاجِل (rājil).

Pronunciation

Noun

راجل (rājelm (plural رجال (rjāl))

  1. man
  2. husband