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مَجَلَّة
magazine /maˈd͡ʒal.la/
nounB1#1578 most common
Also: journal, periodical
Example sentences
هَذِهِ مَجَلَّةٌ جَدِيدَةٌ.
This is a new magazine.
أَقْرَأُ مَجَلَّةً كُلَّ أُسْبُوعٍ.
I read a magazine every week.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ مَجَلَّةً مِنَ المَكْتَبَةِ أَمْسِ.
I bought a magazine from the bookstore yesterday.
نُشِرَ مَقَالُهَا فِي مَجَلَّةٍ عِلْمِيَّةٍ مَشْهُورَةٍ.
Her article was published in a well-known scientific journal.
تُصْدِرُ الجَامِعَةُ مَجَلَّةً فَصْلِيَّةً مُحَكَّمَةً تُعْنَى بِالأَدَبِ.
The university publishes a peer-reviewed quarterly journal devoted to literature.
لَمْ تَكُنِ المَجَلَّةُ مُجَرَّدَ مِنبَرٍ ثَقَافِيٍّ، بَلْ غَدَتْ سِجِلًّا يُؤَرِّخُ تَحَوُّلَاتِ المُجْتَمَعِ.
The magazine was no mere cultural platform. It became a record that chronicled society's transformations.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَجَلَّةٌ | مَجَلّاتٌ |
| Genitive | مَجَلَّةٍ | مَجَلّاتٍ |
| Accusative | مَجَلَّةً | مَجَلّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا مَجَلَّةُ | يا مَجَلّاتُ |
Word family
مَجَلّاتmagazines (plural)
جَلَّto be great, to be exalted
جَلِيلmajestic, eminent
جَلَالmajesty, grandeur
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ج ل ل, which carries the sense of greatness and weighty matters. In older Arabic مَجَلَّة meant a scroll or book that held wisdom. Modern Arabic kept the form and applied it to the printed magazine or periodical.
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