جدير

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ج د ر (j-d-r); compare جَدُرَ (jadura, to be suitable, to be worthy), جِدَار (jidār, wall), جُدِرَ (judira, to have smallpox).

Adjective

جَدِير (jadīr) (feminine جَدِيرَة (jadīra), masculine plural جَدِيرُون (jadīrūn) or جُدَرَاء (judarāʾ), elative أَجْدَر (ʾajdar))

  1. fit, suitable
  2. worthy, deserving
  3. proper, appropriate
  4. afflicted with smallpox
  5. walled in

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), جدير”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), جدر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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