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مُهَرِّج
clown /mu.ˈhar.rɪdʒ/
nounB1#2683 most common
Also: jester, buffoon, comedian (circus)
Example sentences
هُوَ مُهَرِّجٌ.
He is a clown.
الْمُهَرِّجُ فِي السِّيرْكِ يُضْحِكُ الْأَطْفَالَ.
The clown at the circus makes the children laugh.
لَبِسَ الْمُهَرِّجُ مَلَابِسَ مُلَوَّنَةً وَأَنْفًا أَحْمَرَ.
The clown wore colorful clothes and a red nose.
يَعْمَلُ أَخِي مُهَرِّجًا فِي حَفَلَاتِ أَعْيَادِ مِيلَادِ الْأَطْفَالِ.
My brother works as a clown at children's birthday parties.
اِتَّهَمَ النَّاقِدُ السِّيَاسِيَّ بِأَنَّهُ يَتَصَرَّفُ كَمُهَرِّجٍ أَمَامَ الْكَامِيرَاتِ.
The critic accused the politician of acting like a clown in front of the cameras.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنِ ابْتِسَامَتِهِ الدَّائِمَةِ، كَانَ الْمُهَرِّجُ يُخْفِي حُزْنًا عَمِيقًا خَلْفَ قِنَاعِهِ الْمُلَوَّنِ.
Despite his constant smile, the clown hid deep sadness behind his colorful mask.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُهَرِّجٌ | مُهَرِّجُونَ |
| Genitive | مُهَرِّجٍ | مُهَرِّجِينَ |
| Accusative | مُهَرِّجًا | مُهَرِّجِينَ |
| Vocative | يَا مُهَرِّجُ | يَا مُهَرِّجُونَ |
Word family
هَرَّجَto clown around, to jest loudly, to make an uproar
هَرْجchaos, uproar, confused noise
تَهْرِيجclowning, buffoonery
مُهَرِّجَةfemale clown
Etymology
مُهَرِّج is the active participle of the Form II verb هَرَّجَ (harraja), built on the root ه-ر-ج. The root carries the sense of noise, confused talk, or uproar. The Form II pattern adds an intensive or causative meaning, so هَرَّجَ came to mean to make noise, to jest, or to play the fool for an audience. From this, مُهَرِّج denotes the person who does that: a clown or jester.
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