دجال

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دجال

/dad͡ʒ.d͡ʒaːl/

Where it comes from

Belongs to د ج ل (d j l) now, with a verb دَجَلَ (dajala, “dupe, cheat, swindle, deceive”), but the early religious use suggests that these meanings are a semantic loan from Classical Syriac ܕܰܓܳܠܳܐ (daggālā, “liar”), also used for the False Messiah, whereas the Arabic root prominently means “smearing things over other things”, “coating”.

noun دَجَّال · dajjāl · دَجَّالُون · دَجَاجِلَة · دَجَّالَة

someone who covers, coats things
gilder, silverer
swindler, cheat, imposter, charlatan, mountebank, liar
the False Messiah
Similar: ضِدّ المَسِيح, نَقِيض المَسِيح

In English

charlatan malicious trickster
gilder one who gilds
mountebank charlatan

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {دجال},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AF%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}