عجلة

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See also: عجله

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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At least for the abstract senses, verbal noun of عَجِلَ (ʕajila, to hurry).

Compare also Hebrew עגלה (agalá, carriage, cart).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʕa.d͡ʒa.la/
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Noun

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عَجَلَة (ʕajalaf (plural عَجَلَات (ʕajalāt))

  1. verbal noun of عَجِلَ (ʕajila) (form I)
  2. haste, hurry, speed, speediness, celerity
    أَنَا عَلَى عَجَلَةٍ.ʔanā ʕalā ʕajalatin.I'm in a hurry
    فِي ٱلتَّأَنِّي ٱلسَّلَامَةُ، وَفِي ٱلْعَجَلَةِ ٱلنَّدَامَةُ.
    fī t-taʔannī s-salāmatu, wafī l-ʕajalati n-nadāmatu.
    Sedateness brings welfare, hurry brings regret.
  3. wheel
  4. precipitation, precipitance
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Maltese: għaġla
  • Armenian: աջալա (aǰala)
  • Turkish: acele

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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عِجَلَة (ʕijalam pl

  1. plural of عِجْل (ʕijl, calf)

Etymology 3

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From عِجْل (ʕijl) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Noun

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عِجْلَة (ʕijlaf (plural عِجَل (ʕijal), masculine عِجْل (ʕijl))

  1. female calf; heifer (rare, for female calves are also called عِجْل)
  2. Halopyrum mucronatum
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Etymology 4

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Adjective

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عَجِلَة (ʕajilaf

  1. feminine singular of عَجِل (ʕajil)

References

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  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 261–262