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تَجاهُل
disregard (deliberate ignoring, feigning ignorance of something) /taˈdʒaːhul/
nounB1#2697 most common
Also: willful ignoring, pretending not to notice, feigned ignorance
Example sentences
هذا تَجاهُلٌ واضح.
This is clear disregard.
لا تلجأ إلى التَجاهُل عند وجود مشكلة.
Don't resort to ignoring things when there's a problem.
تَجاهُلُهُ لرسائلي أزعجني كثيرًا.
His ignoring of my messages upset me a lot.
يُعَدُّ التَجاهُلُ المُتَعَمَّدُ لِلْحَقَائِقِ خَطَأً كَبِيرًا.
Deliberate disregard of facts is considered a big mistake.
أدّى تَجاهُلُ الحكومةِ للتحذيرات المُبكِّرة إلى تفاقُمِ الأزمة.
The government's disregard of the early warnings led to the crisis getting worse.
على الرغم من تكرار الشكاوى، ظل تَجاهُل الإدارة لمطالب الموظفين سياسةً ثابتة لسنوات.
Despite repeated complaints, the administration's disregard for employees' demands stayed a fixed policy for years.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَجاهُلٌ | تَجاهُلاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَجاهُلٍ | تَجاهُلاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَجاهُلاً | تَجاهُلاتٍ |
| Vocative | تَجاهُلُ | تَجاهُلاتُ |
Word family
تَجاهَلَto ignore, feign ignorance of
مُتَجاهِلone who ignores, disregarding
جَهْلignorance
جاهِلignorant, an ignorant person
جَهِلَto be ignorant of, not know
Etymology
تَجاهُل is the verbal noun of تَجاهَلَ, a Form VI verb built on the root ج-ه-ل (j-h-l), which carries the core sense of ignorance or not knowing. Form VI in Arabic often marks pretense or a feigned state, so تَجاهَلَ means to act as if one does not know. Over time the word broadened from strict feigned ignorance to cover any deliberate, willful disregard of something one is actually aware of.
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