Arabic

Root 1

ج م ل ‎(j-m-l)

1. related to camels

Derived terms

• جَمَل ‎(jamal, “camel”)
• جَمَّال ‎(jammāl, “camel driver”, occupational noun)

Root 2

ج م ل ‎(j-m-l)

1. related to summing, total

Derived terms

• Form I: جَمَلَ ‎(jamala, “to summarize”)
  • Verbal noun: جَمْل ‎(jaml)
  • Active participle: جَامِل ‎(jāmil)
  • Passive participle: مَجْمُول ‎(majmūl)
• Form IV: أَجْمَلَ ‎(ʾajmala, “to add up, treat as a whole, summarize”)
  • Verbal noun: إِجْمَال ‎(ʾijmāl, “summarization, summation”)
  • Active participle: مُجْمِل ‎(mujmil, “wholesaler”)
  • Passive participle: مُجْمَل ‎(mujmal, “sum, summary, résumé, synopsis, compendium”)
• جُمْلَة ‎(jumla, “whole, group, sentence, clause”)
• اِجْمَالِيّ ‎(ijmāliyy, “comprehensive, general, overall; total amount”)

Root 3

ج م ل ‎(j-m-l)

1. related to beauty

Derived terms

Verbs and verb derivatives

• Form I: جَمُلَ ‎(jamula, “to be beautiful, proper”)
  • Verbal noun: جَمَال ‎(jamāl, “beauty”)
  • Active participle: جَامِل ‎(jāmil)
• Form II: جَمَّلَ ‎(jammala, “to make beautiful”)
  • Verbal noun: تَجْمِيل ‎(tajmīl, “beautification, embellishment, cosmetics”)
  • Active participle: مُجَمِّل ‎(mujammil)
  • Passive participle: مُجَمَّل ‎(mujammal)
• Form III: جَامَلَ ‎(jāmala, “to be polite to”)
  • Verbal noun: مُجَامَلَة ‎(mujāmala, “courtesy, civility, flattery”), جِمَال ‎(jimāl, “courtesy, civility, flattery”)
  • Active participle: مُجَامِل ‎(mujāmil)
  • Passive participle: مُجَامَل ‎(mujāmal)
• Form IV: أَجْمَلَ ‎(ʾajmala, “to act nicely”)
  • Verbal noun: إِجْمَال ‎(ʾijmāl)
  • Active participle: مُجْمِل ‎(mujmil)
• Form V: تَجَمَّلَ ‎(tajammala, “to make oneself pretty”)
  • Verbal noun: تَجَمُّل ‎(tajammul)
  • Active participle: مُتَجَمِّل ‎(mutajammil)
• Form VI: تَجَامَلَ ‎(tajāmala, “to be courteous to each other”)
  • Verbal noun: تَجَامُل ‎(tajāmul)
  • Active participle: مُتَجَامِل ‎(mutajāmil)

Nouns and other parts of speech

• جَماَلِيّ ‎(“aesthetic”)
• جَمِيل ‎(jamīl, “beautiful”)
  • أَجْمَل ‎(ʾajmal, “more beautiful”)
• تَجْمِيلِيّ ‎(tajmīliyy, “cosmetic”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “جمل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4