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جيل

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See also: جیل, خيل, چیل, and حيل

Arabic

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Etymology

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Compare Hebrew גִּיל (gīl, age). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from the aforementioned word.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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جِيل (jīlm (plural أَجْيَال (ʔajyāl))

  1. generation (entity of the same time period, or the time period itself)
    جِيلُ التِّسْعِينَاتjīlu t-tisʕīnātThe nineties generation
  2. (Palestine) age
    Synonyms: عُمُر (ʕumur), عُمْر (ʕumr)

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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic جِيل (jīl).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒiːl/, [ʒiːl]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

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جيل (jīlm (plural أجيال (ʔajyāl))

  1. generation, age group
  2. age