Arabic for carving

najr
ﻧَﺠﺮ
carving – masculine singular

ﻧَﺠﺮ is an Arabic word. The meaning is carving. You pronounce it najr.

Part of speech: noun. Pattern: verbal noun

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Important letters:
The root of the word carving consists of three Arabic letters: nun that is written and pronounced n, jim that is written and pronounced j and ra that is written and pronounced r. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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The word carving letter by letter

ﻧَﺠﺮ
ﻧـ
ـﺠـ
ـﺮ
 
ﻧـ
ـﺠـ
ـﺮ
 
ﻧـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻦ
ﺟـ
ـﺠـ
ـﺞ
ـﺮ
 
nun
n
jim
j
ra
r
 
 
The Arabic word for carving consists of: The letter nun that is written ﻥ ( here ﻧـ ) and pronounced n 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 jim that is written ﺝ ( here ـﺠـ ) and pronounced j and is a part of the root of the word. The letter ra that is written ﺭ ( here ـﺮ ) and pronounced r and is a part of the root of the word. Therefore, the word is writen ﻧَﺠﺮ and pronounced najr.
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 carving

fa3l becomes najr

We have seen that the Arabic word for carving is written ﻧَﺠﺮ and pronounced najr. 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 n, j and r, the word becomes najr.
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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