فَجْر dawn in Arabic
فَجْر is how you say “dawn” in Arabic.
Root ف ج ر f-j-r. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar). fajr.
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Meaning of dawn in Arabic
- dawn, daybreak the break of light at the start of day
- a cleaving or splitting open; the bursting/gushing forth of water through an opened channel the root's primary, literal sense — fajr is the verbal noun of this meaning
Example sentence
ومع كل فجرٍ جديد، اجعل نيتك أوّل عملك، وابتسم سرًّا حين تنتصر على نفسك في أمر صغير؛
With each new dawn, make your intention your first action, and smile secretly when you overcome yourself in a small matter.
فَجْرٍ dawn
'fajr' = 'dawn'; the 'of' word after 'kull', so 'every dawn'.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
Fajr is the maṣdar of فَجَرَ, whose core, primary meaning is to cleave or split something open — as when a dam is broken so that water bursts through. The same root gives افجر, "to enter upon the time of daybreak," tying fajr's sense of "dawn" to that same image of a sudden breaking-open, here applied to the first light of day rather than water.
Words from the same root
- فَجَرَ to cleave or split open; to break open a dam so water bursts through; also, to transgress or act immorally
- فُجُورٌ vice, immorality, unrighteousness, wickedness
- فَاجِرٌ one who transgresses; a sinner, an adulterer
- فجّر to make water burst forth or gush, repeatedly or abundantly
- انفجر to burst open, gush forth (said of water)
- افجر to enter upon the time of daybreak/dawn
More example sentences
فَمَا طلع الْفجْر الا وَهِي بالمينا
The dawn had not broken before they were at the port.
الْفَجْرُ the dawn
The subject of 'rose', nominative ('-u'), definite — daybreak. What had scarcely risen.
فلبثت والقدح على يدى أنتظر استيقاظهما حتى برق الفجر والصبية يتضاغون عند قدمى فاستيقظا فشربا غبوقهما
So I waited with the vessel in my hand until dawn broke, and the children were crying at my feet. They then awoke and drank their evening drink.
الْفَجْرُ the dawn
This noun is the subject of 'broke', following its verb, so it takes the plain (nominative) ending; the al- makes it definite. It names dawn as the thing that arrived, marking the close of the long night's wait.
Common questions
- How do you say "dawn" in Arabic?
- فَجْر (fajr).
- What does the root ف-ج-ر mean؟
- Its basic sense is to cleave, split, or burst open (as when a dam breaks and water gushes through); by extension it also covers moral transgression, giving فُجُور ("vice, immorality") and فَاجِرٌ ("a sinner, transgressor").
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).