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إنجيل
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See also: انجیل
Arabic
Etymology
Most likely from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion), probably through Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ (ʾewwangellīōn) or a variant thereof, though also Ge'ez ወንጌል (wängel) or unattested Old South Arabian have been suggested as the immediate source. A phono-semantic matching after the root ن ج ل (n j l), as with Arabic إِبْلِيس (ʔiblīs, “devil”) after ب ل س (b l s), can be maintained.
Pronunciation
Noun
إِنْجِيل • (ʔinjīl) m (plural أَنَاجِيل (ʔanājīl))
- (Christianity, Islam) the Gospel, the evangel
- (Christianity) the New Testament
Declension
Derived terms
- إنْجِيلِيّ (ʔinjīliyy)
- إنْجِيلِيَّة (ʔinjīliyya)
Related terms
- الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān, “the Qur'an”)
- الْكِتَاب الْمُقَدَّس (al-kitāb al-muqaddas, “the Bible”)
- الْعَهْد الْجَدِيد (al-ʕahd al-jadīd, “the New Testament”)
- الْعَهْد الْقَدِيم (al-ʕahd al-qadīm, “the Old Testament”)
- تَوْرَاة (tawrāh, “the Torah”)
- زَبُور (zabūr, “the Psalms”)
Descendants
References
- Grimme, Hubert (1912), “Über einige Klassen südarabischer Lehnwörter im Koran”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete (in German), volume 26, page 164
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938), The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 71–72
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1910), Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 47
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