جاهلي

Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of جَاهِل (jāhil, ignorant) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective

جَاهِلِيّ • (jāhiliyy) (feminine جَاهِلِيَّة (jāhiliyya), masculine plural جَاهِلِيُّونَ (jāhiliyyūna), feminine plural جَاهِلِيَّات (jāhiliyyāt))

  1. pagan, heathen (especially of pre-Islamic times)

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Noun

جَاهِلِيّ • (jāhiliyy) m, plural جَاهِلِيُّون (jāhiliyyūn), feminine جَاهِلِيَّة (jāhiliyya)

  1. pagan, heathen (especially of pre-Islamic times)
  2. a pagan, pre-Islamic poet of the first of four classes

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