فجر

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فجر¹

  • /fad͡ʒr/

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *pagr- (“body, trunk”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒇿 (pagrum, “body, trunk, torso, corpse, carcass”), Hebrew פֶּגֶר (péger, “corpse, carcass”), Classical Syriac ܦܲܓܪܵܐ (paḡrā), and Classical Mandaic ࡐࡀࡂࡓࡀ (pāġrā).

noun فَجْر · fajr

  1. sinning, committing adultery

فجر²

  • /fa.d͡ʒa.ra/

verb فَجَرَ · fajara · يَفْجُرُ · فُجُور · فَاجِر

  1. to act immorally, to be wicked, to sin بَلْ يُرِيدُ الْإِنْسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُ

verb فَجَرَ · fajara · يَفْجُرُ · فَجْر · فَاجِر

  1. to cleave, to break up, to dig up

فجر³

  • /fad͡ʒ.d͡ʒa.ra/

verb فَجَّرَ · fajjara · يُفَجِّرُ · تَفْجِير · مُفَجِّر

  1. to create an outlet or passage (for water)
  2. to let pour forth إِذَا السَّمَاء ٱنْفَطَرَتْ ۝ وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنْتَثَرَتْ ۝ وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ ۝ وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ ۝ عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ ۝
  3. to cleave, to split
  4. to explode

فجر⁴

  • /fad͡ʒr/

noun فَجْر · fajr · الْفَجْر · فَجْرٌ

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of فَجَرَ (fajara, “to break up, to sin”) (form I)
  2. dawn, daybreak; dayspring فِي الْفَجْرِ الْبَاكِرِ، كَانَتِ الشُّوَارِعُ هَادِئَةً وَخَالِيَةً مِنَ الزُّحَامِ.

    Similar: فَلَق, صُبْح, غَدَاة, بُكْرَة

  3. figuratively dawn, beginning, outset, start

noun فَجْر · fajr · الْفَجْر · فَجْرٌ

  1. definite اَلْفَجْر (al-fajr): ellipsis of صَلَاة الْفَجْر (ṣalāt al-fajr, “dawn prayer”) صَلَّيْنَا الْفَجْرَ جَمَاعَةً

proper noun فَجْر · fajr · -

  1. a female given name

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {فجر},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%B1},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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