عجلة

See also: عجله

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.d͡ʒa.la/
  • (file)

Noun

عَجَلَة (ʿajala) f (plural عَجَلَات (ʿajalāt))

  1. verbal noun of عَجِلَ (ʿajila) (form I)
  2. haste, hurry, speed, speediness, celerity
    أَنَا عَلَى عَجَلَةʾanā ʿalā ʿajalaI'm in a hurry
    فِي ٱلتَّأَنِّي ٱلسَّلَامَةُ وَفِي ٱلْعَجَلَةِ ٱلنَّدَامَةُfī t-taʾannī s-salāmatu wafī l-ʿajalati n-nadāmatu(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. wheel
  4. bicycle
  5. cartwheel
  6. precipitation, precipitance
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *ʿigl-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕi.d͡ʒa.la/

Noun

عِجَلَة (ʿijala) m pl

  1. plural of عِجْل (ʿijl, calf)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Semitic *ʿigl-, عِجْل (ʿijl) + ـَة (-a).

Noun

عِجْلَة (ʿijla) f (plural عِجَل (ʿijal), masculine عِجْل (ʿijl))

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

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.d͡ʒi.la/

Adjective

عَجِلَة (ʿajila) f

  1. feminine singular of عَجِل (ʿajil)

References

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