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تَجَوُّل
wandering, roaming about /taˈdʒawːul/
nounB2#4033 most common
Also: touring, strolling around, roving
Example sentences
التَّجَوُّلُ فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ مُمْتِعٌ.
Wandering in the park is fun.
حَظْرُ التَّجَوُّلِ يَبْدَأُ السَّاعَةَ التَّاسِعَةَ مَسَاءً.
The curfew starts at nine p.m.
أَحْبَبْتُ التَّجَوُّلَ فِي شَوَارِعِ الْمَدِينَةِ الْقَدِيمَةِ.
I loved wandering through the old city's streets.
قَرَّرْنَا قَضَاءَ الْمَسَاءِ فِي تَجَوُّلٍ بِلَا وِجْهَةٍ مُحَدَّدَةٍ.
We decided to spend the evening wandering with no set destination.
فَرَضَتِ الْحُكُومَةُ حَظْرَ تَجَوُّلٍ جُزْئِيًّا فِي الْمِنْطَقَةِ الْمُتَضَرِّرَةِ.
The government imposed a partial curfew in the affected area.
أَتَاحَ لَهُ تَجَوُّلُهُ الطَّوِيلُ فِي أَسْوَاقِ الْمَدِينَةِ الْقَدِيمَةِ فُرْصَةً لِاكْتِشَافِ زَوَايَاهَا الْمَنْسِيَّةِ.
His long wandering through the old city's markets gave him a chance to discover its forgotten corners.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَجَوُّلٌ | None |
| Genitive | تَجَوُّلٍ | None |
| Accusative | تَجَوُّلًا | None |
| Vocative | None | None |
Word family
جَال / يَجُولto rove, roam (Form I)
تَجَوَّلَto wander, stroll about (Form V)
جَوْلَةa round, tour, lapجَوَّالmobile phone; roving, itinerant
مُتَجَوِّلwandering, itinerant
Etymology
Tajawwul is the verbal noun of tajawwala, a Form V verb built on the triliteral Arabic root j-w-l, which carries the sense of going around or circling. Form V adds a ta- prefix and doubles the middle root letter to give the base meaning a reflexive, repeated quality, so tajawwul denotes the ongoing act of moving about rather than a single trip. The root also underlies jawla, a round or tour, and jawwal, mobile or roving.
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