حِجْرٌ enclosure in Arabic
حِجْرٌ is how you say “enclosure” in Arabic.
Root ح ج ر ḥ-j-r. noun (also used adjectivally). ḥijr.
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Meaning of enclosure in Arabic
- an enclosed or walled space e.g. the sacred enclosure beside the Kaʿbah
- forbidden, unlawful, inviolable, sacred the sense given for this word in Qur'anic readings
Example sentence
قال بلى، قعدت أنت وصفوان في الحجر
He said: Yes, you and Safwan sat in the stone enclosure.
الْحِجْرِ the stone enclosure
al- = 'the'; hijr means 'the stone enclosure (by the Kaaba)' — the noun after 'fi'.
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How it is used
The root's core sense of restraining or forbidding also produces the idea of marking off protected ground. Ḥijr occurs in this "forbidden/sacred" sense in Qur'anic readings (e.g. 6:139), and pre-Islamic Arabs would call out ḥijran to claim a truce or protection during a sacred month.
Words from the same root
- حَجَرَ to forbid, restrain, prohibit
- حُجْرَةٌ a room or enclosure
- تحجّر to make something strait, unlawful
- احتجر to mark off land as one's own
- حَنْجَرَةٌ the throat
Common questions
- How do you say "enclosure" in Arabic?
- حِجْر (ḥijr) — an enclosed or walled space, as in the sacred enclosure beside the Kaʿbah.
- What else can ḥijr mean besides "enclosure"?
- It can also mean "forbidden, unlawful, inviolable, or sacred" — the sense used in Qur'anic readings and in the old plea ḥijran for a truce.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).