Arabic for ignorance

jahl
ﺟَﻬﻞ
ignorance – masculine singular

The Arabic word for ignorance is pronounced jahl and written ﺟَﻬﻞ.

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Part of speech: noun. Pattern: verbal noun

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Important letters:
The root of the word ignorance consists of three Arabic letters: jim that is written and pronounced j, ha that is written and pronounced h and lam that is written and pronounced l. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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The letters of ignorance

ﺟَﻬﻞ
ﺟـ
ـﻬـ
ـﻞ
 
ﺟـ
ـﻬـ
ـﻞ
 
ﺟـ
ـﺠـ
ـﺞ
ﻫـ
ـﻬـ
ـﻪ
ﻟـ
ـﻠـ
ـﻞ
 
jim
j
ha
h
lam
l
 
 
The Arabic word for ignorance consists of: The letter jim that is written ﺝ ( here ﺟـ ) and pronounced j and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter ha that is written ﻩ ( here ـﻬـ ) and pronounced h and is a part of the root of the word. The letter lam that is written ﻝ ( here ـﻞ ) and pronounced l and is a part of the root of the word. Therefore, the word is writen ﺟَﻬﻞ and pronounced jahl.
Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
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The pattern for ignorance

fa3l becomes jahl

We have seen that the Arabic word for ignorance is written ﺟَﻬﻞ and pronounced jahl. It follows the pattern verbal noun form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3l where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3l and the root letters are j, h and l, the word becomes jahl.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns

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