مجهول

See also: مجہول

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of جَهِلَ (jahila, “to be ignorant, to not know”), from the root ج ه ل (j-h-l): literally, “not known”. The word is used to describe the passive voice, because in the passive the agent of the verb is usually not mentioned and is therefore unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mad͡ʒ.huːl/
• Rhymes: -uːl

Adjective

مَجْهُول • (majhūl) (feminine مَجْهُولَة (majhūla), masculine plural مَجْهُولُونَ (majhūlūna))

1. unknown
2. anonymous

Declension

Declension of adjective مَجْهُول (majhūl)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَجْهُول majhūl	الْمَجْهُول al-majhūl	مَجْهُولَة majhūla	الْمَجْهُولَة al-majhūla
Nominative	مَجْهُولٌ majhūlun	الْمَجْهُولُ al-majhūlu	مَجْهُولَةٌ majhūlatun	الْمَجْهُولَةُ al-majhūlatu
Accusative	مَجْهُولًا majhūlan	الْمَجْهُولَ al-majhūla	مَجْهُولَةً majhūlatan	الْمَجْهُولَةَ al-majhūlata
Genitive	مَجْهُولٍ majhūlin	الْمَجْهُولِ al-majhūli	مَجْهُولَةٍ majhūlatin	الْمَجْهُولَةِ al-majhūlati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَجْهُولَيْن majhūlayn	الْمَجْهُولَيْن al-majhūlayn	مَجْهُولَتَيْن majhūlatayn	الْمَجْهُولَتَيْن al-majhūlatayn
Nominative	مَجْهُولَانِ majhūlāni	الْمَجْهُولَانِ al-majhūlāni	مَجْهُولَتَانِ majhūlatāni	الْمَجْهُولَتَانِ al-majhūlatāni
Accusative	مَجْهُولَيْنِ majhūlayni	الْمَجْهُولَيْنِ al-majhūlayni	مَجْهُولَتَيْنِ majhūlatayni	الْمَجْهُولَتَيْنِ al-majhūlatayni
Genitive	مَجْهُولَيْنِ majhūlayni	الْمَجْهُولَيْنِ al-majhūlayni	مَجْهُولَتَيْنِ majhūlatayni	الْمَجْهُولَتَيْنِ al-majhūlatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَجْهُولِين majhūlīn	الْمَجْهُولِين al-majhūlīn	مَجْهُولَات majhūlāt	الْمَجْهُولَات al-majhūlāt
Nominative	مَجْهُولُونَ majhūlūna	الْمَجْهُولُونَ al-majhūlūna	مَجْهُولَاتٌ majhūlātun	الْمَجْهُولَاتُ al-majhūlātu
Accusative	مَجْهُولِينَ majhūlīna	الْمَجْهُولِينَ al-majhūlīna	مَجْهُولَاتٍ majhūlātin	الْمَجْهُولَاتِ al-majhūlāti
Genitive	مَجْهُولِينَ majhūlīna	الْمَجْهُولِينَ al-majhūlīna	مَجْهُولَاتٍ majhūlātin	الْمَجْهُولَاتِ al-majhūlāti

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: məchul
• Classical Persian: مَجْهُول (majhūl)
  • Tajik: маҷҳул (majhul)
  • → Chagatai:
    • Uyghur: مەجھۇل (mejhul)
    • Uzbek: majhul
  • → Hindustani:
    • Hindi: मजहूल (majhūl)
    • Urdu: مجہول
• → Ottoman Turkish: مجهول
  • Turkish: meçhul
  • → Crimean Tatar: mecul

Noun

مَجْهُول • (majhūl) m

1. (grammar) passive voice
2. a variety of date palm with large and sweet fruit

Declension

Declension of noun مَجْهُول (majhūl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَجْهُول majhūl	الْمَجْهُول al-majhūl	مَجْهُول majhūl
Nominative	مَجْهُولٌ majhūlun	الْمَجْهُولُ al-majhūlu	مَجْهُولُ majhūlu
Accusative	مَجْهُولًا majhūlan	الْمَجْهُولَ al-majhūla	مَجْهُولَ majhūla
Genitive	مَجْهُولٍ majhūlin	الْمَجْهُولِ al-majhūli	مَجْهُولِ majhūli

Coordinate terms

• مَعْلُوم (maʕlūm), مَعْرُوف (maʕrūf, “active voice”)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “مجهول”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مجهول”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “مجهول”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَجْهُول (majhūl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mad͡ʒ.ˈhuːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäd͡ʒ.húːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäd͡ʒ.húːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.d͡ʒúːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.d͡ʒúl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæd͡ʒ.húːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäd͡ʒ.húl]

Readings
Classical reading?	majhūl
Dari reading?	majhūl
Iranian reading?	majhul
Tajik reading?	majhul

Adjective

Dari	مجهول
Iranian Persian
Tajik	маҷҳул

مجهول • (majhul)

1. (grammar) passive
2. unknown
3. (Classical Persian, Dari) majhul (vowel); see مَعْرُوف و مَجْهُول (ma'rūf u majhūl).

   Antonym: مَعْروف (ma'ruf)

Noun

Dari	مجهول
Iranian Persian
Tajik	маҷҳул

مجهول • (majhul)

1. (Classical Persian, Dari) majhul (vowel); see مَعْرُوف و مَجْهُول (ma'rūf u majhūl).

   Antonym: مَعْروف (ma'ruf)

Antonyms

• معلوم (ma'lum)