Arabic

Pronunciation

Verb

حَجَرَ • ‎(ḥajara) I, non-past يَحْجُرُ‎ (yaḥjuru)

1. to deny access
2. to stop, to detain, to hinder
3. to forbid, to interdict (something) (عَلَى ‎(ʿalā) to someone)

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

حَجَر • ‎(ḥajar) m ‎(plural أَحْجَار ‎(ʾaḥjār) or حِجَارَة ‎(ḥijāra) or حِجَار ‎(ḥijār))

1. stone
2. weight

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

حَجْر or حِجْر • ‎(ḥajr or ḥijr) m

1. verbal noun of حَجَرَ ‎(ḥajara) (form I)
2. hindrance, prohibition, defense
3. placing under curatorship
4. bosom

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حجر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 4

Noun

حِجْر or حُجْر • ‎(ḥijr or ḥujr) m ‎(plural أَحْجَار ‎(ʾaḥjār) or حِجَار ‎(ḥijār))

1. verbal noun of حَجَرَ ‎(ḥajara) (form I)
2. wall, enclosure
3. dam
4. northern wall of the Kaaba
5. gathered seam of a garment
6. seam of a shirt
7. intellect

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حجر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Noun

حِجْر or حُجْر • ‎(ḥijr or ḥujr) m ‎(plural أَحْجَار ‎(ʾaḥjār))

1. hole of a mouse, snake, etc.

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حجر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Noun

حِجْر or حُجْر • ‎(ḥijr or ḥujr) m ‎(plural أَحْجَار ‎(ʾaḥjār) or حُجُور ‎(ḥujūr) or حُجُورَة ‎(ḥujūra))

1. mare
2. the ancient dwellings of the Thamudites

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حجر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 5

Noun

حُجْر • ‎(ḥujr) m

1. verbal noun of حَجَرَ ‎(ḥajara) (form I)
2. bosom
3. embrace

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حجر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen