Male/Man and Female/Woman
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Salaam all,
I want to ask all who are knowledgable in Arabic.
So far, I notice in the quran that the words dzakara and rijalu are for male/man; and the words untha and nisaa are for female/woman. I was wondering what is the real difference between dzakara and rijalu; and between untha and nisaa. My assumption is that dzakara is male in general, while rijalu is a male human or man. This also goes for the other that untha is female in general while nisaa is a female human or woman.
Since I don't know Arabic, this is just pure conjecture. Any help regarding their meaning and usage in the quran would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance.
=adley=
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Salaam all,
I want to ask all who are knowledgable in Arabic.
So far, I notice in the quran that the words dzakara and rijalu are for male/man;
Peace
Not exactly right,
The word "", pronounced "Zakar" means "Male"regardless of age
The word "", pronounced "Najl" means "a son of someone", and it can be used for females by adding a Ta Marboota at the end as commonly known in Arabic, i.e. "", pronounced "Najlah", which means "a daughter of someone"
and the words untha and nisaa are for female/woman.
The word "", pronounced "Ontha" means "a female", regardless of age
The word "", pronounced "Nisaa" means "Women" in a plural form, another word driven from it and also means "Women", I believe it is used in the Quran as well is "", pronounced "Niswa", the common and public word for Women in the Arabic nations is "", pronounced "Niswan"
I was wondering what is the real difference between dzakara and rijalu; and between untha and nisaa. My assumption is that dzakara is male in general, while rijalu is a male human or man. This also goes for the other that untha is female in general while nisaa is a female human or woman.
Since I don't know Arabic, this is just pure conjecture. Any help regarding their meaning and usage in the quran would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance.
=adley=
Hope I made it clear
Peace
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zhakar = male (regardless of age AND species )
untha = female (regardless of age AND species )rajul = man ( adult human male )
imra'a = woman (adult human female)You are both right.
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Salaam Ahmed, Pazuzu, all,
Sorry for the late reply. I just finished my wedding ceremonies. Thus, I was burdened with a lot of works
First of all, thanks a lot to both of you for giving me the explanations. I am currently reviewing my understanding about the creation process and the story about our beginnings. Thus, I think a better understanding of these words may be important.
Well, better continue first after being held for a couple of days. Perhaps I will have something else to ask you both.
=adley=
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Salaam Ahmed, Pazuzu, all,
Sorry for the late reply. I just finished my wedding ceremonies. Thus, I was burdened with a lot of works
First of all, thanks a lot to both of you for giving me the explanations. I am currently reviewing my understanding about the creation process and the story about our beginnings. Thus, I think a better understanding of these words may be important.
Well, better continue first after being held for a couple of days. Perhaps I will have something else to ask you both.
=adley=
please note bro that i did a mistake, i thought you mean Najl by Ragul, i always found reading arabic words in english letters too hard for me, in fact up till now I don't know what the hell is the 3 that most of the time they include in their english aranic words
anyway brother pzu comment should have fixed my error
peace