غجر

See also: عجز

Arabic

Etymology

Unknown, in Modern Standard Arabic use from Egyptian Arabic extended from the name one of the tribes of Doms in Egypt. Attested in al-Jāḥiẓ (ᛦ 868) as the occupation of a Baṣran, in the form كَجَار (kajār) or كَچَار (kačār) (without ʔiʕjām): possibly clipped from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀬𑀭 (bhikkhāyara) from Sanskrit भिक्षाचर (bhikṣācara) which gave Hindustani بھکھاری / भिखारी (bhikhārī), all meaning “beggar”, and originally a designation for mendicants of mixed ethnic affiliation.

Pronunciation

•  IPA^(key): /ɣa.d͡ʒar/
• (Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɣa.ɡar/

Noun

غَجَر • (ḡajar) m (collective, singulative غَجَرِيّ m (ḡajariyy))

1. Ghagar, one of the tribes of Doms in Egypt
2. Gypsies (Romani)
3. a rude or abusive person

Declension

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَجَر ḡajar	الْغَجَر al-ḡajar	غَجَر ḡajar
Nominative	غَجَرٌ ḡajarun	الْغَجَرُ al-ḡajaru	غَجَرُ ḡajaru
Accusative	غَجَرًا ḡajaran	الْغَجَرَ al-ḡajara	غَجَرَ ḡajara
Genitive	غَجَرٍ ḡajarin	الْغَجَرِ al-ḡajari	غَجَرِ ḡajari
Singulative	basic singulative triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَجَرِي ḡajarī	الْغَجَرِي al-ḡajarī	غَجَرِي ḡajarī
Nominative	غَجَرِيٌّ ḡajariyyun	الْغَجَرِيُّ al-ḡajariyyu	غَجَرِيُّ ḡajariyyu
Accusative	غَجَرِيًّا ḡajariyyan	الْغَجَرِيَّ al-ḡajariyya	غَجَرِيَّ ḡajariyya
Genitive	غَجَرِيٍّ ḡajariyyin	الْغَجَرِيِّ al-ḡajariyyi	غَجَرِيِّ ḡajariyyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَجَرِيَّيْن ḡajariyyayn	الْغَجَرِيَّيْن al-ḡajariyyayn	غَجَرِيَّيْ ḡajariyyay
Nominative	غَجَرِيَّانِ ḡajariyyāni	الْغَجَرِيَّانِ al-ḡajariyyāni	غَجَرِيَّا ḡajariyyā
Accusative	غَجَرِيَّيْنِ ḡajariyyayni	الْغَجَرِيَّيْنِ al-ḡajariyyayni	غَجَرِيَّيْ ḡajariyyay
Genitive	غَجَرِيَّيْنِ ḡajariyyayni	الْغَجَرِيَّيْنِ al-ḡajariyyayni	غَجَرِيَّيْ ḡajariyyay
Paucal (3-10)	sound masculine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَجَرِيِّين ḡajariyyīn	الْغَجَرِيِّين al-ḡajariyyīn	غَجَرِيِّي ḡajariyyī
Nominative	غَجَرِيُّونَ ḡajariyyūna	الْغَجَرِيُّونَ al-ḡajariyyūna	غَجَرِيُّو ḡajariyyū
Accusative	غَجَرِيِّينَ ḡajariyyīna	الْغَجَرِيِّينَ al-ḡajariyyīna	غَجَرِيِّي ḡajariyyī
Genitive	غَجَرِيِّينَ ḡajariyyīna	الْغَجَرِيِّينَ al-ḡajariyyīna	غَجَرِيِّي ḡajariyyī

Declension of noun غَجَر (ḡajar)

References

• Richardson, Kristina (2017) “Tracing a Gypsy Mixed Language through Medieval and Early Modern Arabic and Persian Literature”, in Der Islam‎, volume 94, number 1, →DOI, page 117