# فجر
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

IPA: /fa.d͡ʒa.ra/

#### Verb

فَجَرَ • (fajara) I (non-past يَفْجُرُ (yafjuru), verbal noun فَجْر (fajr))
* to cleave, to break up, to dig up

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

فَجَرَ • (fajara) I (non-past يَفْجُرُ (yafjuru), verbal noun فُجُور (fujūr))
* to act immorally, to be wicked, to sin
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 75:5:بَلْ يُرِيدُ الْإِنْسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُbal yurīdu l-ʔinsānu liyafjura ʔamāmahubut man desires to act sinfully in what is before him

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

IPA: /fad͡ʒ.d͡ʒa.ra/

#### Verb

فَجَّرَ • (fajjara) II (non-past يُفَجِّرُ (yufajjiru), verbal noun تَفْجِير (tafjīr))
* to create an outlet or passage (for water)
* to let pour forth
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 82:1-5:إِذَا السَّمَاء ٱنْفَطَرَتْ ۝ وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنْتَثَرَتْ ۝ وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ ۝ وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ ۝ عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ ۝When the sky breaks apart / And when the stars commence to scatter / And when the seas gush forth / And when the graves are strewn / A soul will know what it has put forward and what it has set back.
* to cleave, to split
* to explode

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

IPA: /fad͡ʒr/

#### Noun

فَجْر • (fajr) m
* verbal noun of فَجَرَ (fajara, “to break up, to sin”) (form I)
* daybreak; dawn
    Synonyms: فَلَق (falaq), (archaic) صُبْح (ṣubḥ), (literary) غَدَاة (ḡadāh), (literary) بُكْرَة (bukra)
    Coordinate terms: شَفَق (šafaq, “the evening twilight, afterglow; gloaming”), غَسَق (ḡasaq, “dusk”)
    فِي الْفَجْرِ الْبَاكِرِ، كَانَتِ الشُّوَارِعُ هَادِئَةً وَخَالِيَةً مِنَ الزُّحَامِ.fī al-fajri al-bākiri, kānati š-šuwāriʕu hādiʔatan waḵāliyatan mina z-zuḥāmi.In the early dawn, the streets were quiet and free from traffic.
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 97:5:سَلَامٌ هِيَ حَتَّى مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِsalāmun hiya ḥattā maṭlaʕi l-fajriAbdulala Maududi: All peace is that night until the rise of dawn.
* (figuratively) dawn, beginning, outset, start

##### Derived terms

* فَجْر صَادِق (fajr ṣādiq)
* فَجْر كَاذِب (fajr kāḏib)

#### Noun

فَجْر • (fajr) f
* (definite) اَلْفَجْر (al-fajr): ellipsis of صَلَاة الْفَجْر (ṣalāt al-fajr, “dawn prayer, morning prayer”).
    صَلَّيْنَا الْفَجْرَ جَمَاعَةً ― ṣallaynā l-fajra jamāʕatan ― we prayer the Dawn collectively

##### Declension
#### Proper noun

فَجْر • (fajr) f
* a female given name

##### Declension
#### Descendants

* Gulf Arabic: فير (fayir, “dawn”), فجر (fajir, “given name”)
* Hijazi Arabic: فجر (fajir, fajur)
* → English: fajr
* → Bengali: ফজর (phojor)
* → Hausa: alfijir
* → Malay: fajar
** → Indonesian: fajar
** → Javanese: fajar
** → Sundanese: fajar
* → Naga Pidgin: fajir
* → Ottoman Turkish: فجر
** Turkish: fecir
* → Punjabi: ਫ਼ਜਰ (fajar)
* → Persian: فجر (fajr)
** → Urdu: فجر (fajr)
* → Swahili: alfajiri
* → Wolof: fajar

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic فَجْر (fajr).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fa.d͡ʒir/, /fa.d͡ʒur/

#### Noun

فَجِر or فَجُر • (fajir or fajur) m
* dawn

### Etymology 2

From Arabic فُجْر (fujr).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fu.d͡ʒur/

#### Noun

فُجُر • (fujur) m
* wickedness
    Synonym: فُجور (fujūr)

### Etymology 3

From Arabic فَجَر (fajar).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fa.d͡ʒar/

#### Verb

فَجَر • (fajar) I (non-past يِفْجُر (yifjur))
* to debauch

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 4

From Arabic فَجَّر (fajjar).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fad͡ʒ.d͡ʒar/

#### Verb

فَجَّر • (fajjar) II (non-past يِفَجِّر (yifajjir))
* to bomb
* to blow up

##### Conjugation
## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَجْر (fajr).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [fad͡ʒɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [fäd͡ʒɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [fäd͡ʒɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [fäd͡ʒɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [fäd͡ʒɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [fæd͡ʒɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [fäd͡ʒɾ]

### Noun

فجر • (fajr)
* dawn

#### Descendants

* → Urdu: فجر (fajr)

## Punjabi
### Etymology

From Classical Persian فجر (fajr), from Arabic فَجْر (fajr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fə.d͡ʒə.ɾᵊ/, /fəd͡ʒːəɾᵊ/
* Rhymes: -ə.ɾᵊ

### Noun

فَجَر • (fajar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਫ਼ਜਰ)
* morning, dawn

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic فَجْر (fajr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /faʒr/, [ˈfa.ʒ(ɪ)r]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

فجر • (fajr) m
* dawn
    صلاة الفجر ― ṣalāt il-fajr ― the morning prayer

#### See also

* فجر (fajr)
* صبحية (ṣabaḥiyye)
* صبح (ṣubḥ)
* نهار (nhār)
* ضهر (ḍuhr)
* عصر (ʕaṣr)
* مغرب (maḡreb)
* مسا (masa)
* ليل (lēl)