جار
Root: جرى
3 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
جار jārin flowing, streaming, running; circulating; current, present│ الشهر الجارى (šahr) the current month
Entry 2
جار (جور) jāra u (jaur) to deviate, stray (عن from); to commit an outrage (على on), bear down (على upon), wrong, persecute, oppress, tyrannize (على s.o.); to encroach, make inroads (على on another’s territory) III to be the neighbor of s.o. (ه), live next door to (ه); to be adjacent, be next (هـ to s.th.), adjoin (هـ s.th.); to be in the immediate vicinity of (ه هـ), be close to (ه, هـ); to border (هـ on) IV to grant asylum or a sanctuary (ه to s.o.); to protect (ه s.o., من from), take (ه s.o.) under one’s wing; to stand by s.o. (ه), aid (ه s.o.) VI to be neighbors; to be adjacent; to have a common border X to seek protection, seek refuge (ب with s.o., من from s.th.), appeal for aid (ه to s.o., من against s.th.) 146
Entry 3
جار jār pl. جيران jīrān neighbor; refugee; protégé, charge
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