See also: چلب and ج ل ب

Arabic

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Root
ج ل ب (j l b)
2 terms

Pronunciation 1

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Verb

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جَلَبَ (jalaba) I, non-past يَجْلِبُ‎ (yajlibu)

  1. to bring, to fetch
    Synonym: أَحْضَرَ (ʔaḥḍara)
Conjugation
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Pronunciation 2

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Noun

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جَلَب (jalabm (plural أَجْلاَب) (Classical Arabic)

  1. merchandise, imported goods
  2. slaves and cattle for selling
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Persian: جلب (slut, whore)
    • Azerbaijani: cələb
    • Crimean Tatar: celep
    • Karakalpak: ja’lep
    • Kazakh: жәлеп (jälep)
    • Kyrgyz: жалап (jalap)
    • Turkmen: jelep
    • Uyghur: جالاپ (jalap)
    • Uzbek: jalab

Gulf Arabic

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Noun

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جلب (čalbm (plural جلاب (člāb))

  1. Alternative spelling of چَلْب (cəlb, dog, canine)

Persian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic جَلْب (jalb).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? jalb
Dari reading? jalb
Iranian reading? jalb
Tajik reading? jalb

Noun

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جلب (jalb)

  1. drawing, attracting
    جلب توجهjalb-e tavajjohdrawing attention
    جلب محبتjalb-e mohabbatattracting love
  2. procuring, acquiring
    جلب منفعتjalb-e manfa'atderiving a profit
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic جَلَب (jalab)

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? jalaḇ
Dari reading? jalab
Iranian reading? jalab
Tajik reading? jalab

Noun

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جلب (jalab)

  1. (derogatory) slut, whore
Descendants
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Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? jalaḇ
Dari reading? jalab
Iranian reading? jalab
Tajik reading? jalab

Noun

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جلب (jalab)

  1. (obsolete) tumult, shout

Further reading

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  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “جلب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim