دجال

دجال

See also: دخال‎

Arabic

Etymology

Belongs to د ج ل‎ (d-j-l) now, with a verb دَجَلَ‎ (dajala, “dupe, cheat, swindle, deceive”), but the early religious use suggests that these meanings are a semantic loan from Classical Syriac ܕܰܓܳܠܳܐ‎ (daggālā, “liar”), also used for the False Messiah, whereas the Arabic root prominently means “smearing things over other things”, “coating”.

Noun

دَجَّال • (dajjāl) m (plural دَجَّالُون‎ (dajjālūn) or دَجَاجِلَة‎ (dajājila), feminine دَجَّالَة‎ (dajjāla))

1. someone who covers, coats things
   1. gilder, silverer
2. swindler, cheat, imposter, charlatan, mountebank, liar
3. (Islam) the False Messiah

   Synonyms: (Christianity) ضِدّ المَسِيح‎ (ḍidd al-masīḥ, “the Antichrist”), (Christianity) نَقِيض المَسِيح‎ (naqīḍ al-masīḥ, “the Antichrist”)

Declension

Declension of noun دَجَّال (dajjāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَجَّال dajjāl	الدَّجَّال‎ ad-dajjāl	دَجَّال dajjāl
Nominative	دَجَّالٌ dajjālun	الدَّجَّالُ‎ ad-dajjālu	دَجَّالُ dajjālu
Accusative	دَجَّالًا‎ dajjālan	الدَّجَّالَ‎ ad-dajjāla	دَجَّالَ dajjāla
Genitive	دَجَّالٍ dajjālin	الدَّجَّالِ‎ ad-dajjāli	دَجَّالِ dajjāli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَجَّالَيْن‎ dajjālayn	الدَّجَّالَيْن‎ ad-dajjālayn	دَجَّالَيْ‎ dajjālay
Nominative	دَجَّالَانِ‎ dajjālāni	الدَّجَّالَانِ‎ ad-dajjālāni	دَجَّالَا‎ dajjālā
Accusative	دَجَّالَيْنِ‎ dajjālayni	الدَّجَّالَيْنِ‎ ad-dajjālayni	دَجَّالَيْ‎ dajjālay
Genitive	دَجَّالَيْنِ‎ dajjālayni	الدَّجَّالَيْنِ‎ ad-dajjālayni	دَجَّالَيْ‎ dajjālay
Plural	sound masculine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَجَّالِين‎‎; دَجَاجِلَة‎ dajjālīn‎; dajājila	الدَّجَّالِين‎‎; الدَّجَاجِلَة‎ ad-dajjālīn‎; ad-dajājila	دَجَّالِي‎‎; دَجَاجِلَة‎ dajjālī‎; dajājilat
Nominative	دَجَّالُونَ‎‎; دَجَاجِلَةٌ‎ dajjālūna‎; dajājilatun	الدَّجَّالُونَ‎‎; الدَّجَاجِلَةُ‎ ad-dajjālūna‎; ad-dajājilatu	دَجَّالُو‎‎; دَجَاجِلَةُ‎ dajjālū‎; dajājilatu
Accusative	دَجَّالِينَ‎‎; دَجَاجِلَةً‎ dajjālīna‎; dajājilatan	الدَّجَّالِينَ‎‎; الدَّجَاجِلَةَ‎ ad-dajjālīna‎; ad-dajājilata	دَجَّالِي‎‎; دَجَاجِلَةَ‎ dajjālī‎; dajājilata
Genitive	دَجَّالِينَ‎‎; دَجَاجِلَةٍ‎ dajjālīna‎; dajājilatin	الدَّجَّالِينَ‎‎; الدَّجَاجِلَةِ‎ ad-dajjālīna‎; ad-dajājilati	دَجَّالِي‎‎; دَجَاجِلَةِ‎ dajjālī‎; dajājilati

References

• Schwally, Friedrich (1898), “Lexikalische Studien”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 52, page 132
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “دجل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 314

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic دَجَّال‎ (dajjāl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /dad͡ʒˈd͡ʒɑːl/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /dad͡ʒˈd͡ʒɑːl/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /dæd͡ʒˈd͡ʒɒːl/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /dad͡ʒˈd͡ʒɔl/

Noun

دجال • (dajjâl) (plural دجالان‎ (dajjâlân))

1. (Christianity, Islam) Antichrist, false Messiah, dajjal

Synonyms

• المسیح الدجال‎ (almasihoddajjâl)