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Ajami (other)
Ajami is the Arabic adjective applied to an Ajam, a Persian or (relative to Arabic speakers) alien. Ajami may also refer to: * Ajami Nakhchivani, a Muslim architect from Azerbaijan and founder of the Nakhchivan school of architecture * Ajami (surname) * Ajami (film), ''Ajami'' (film), a 2009 film * Ajami, Iran (other), villages in Iran * Ajami, Jaffa, a neighborhood in Israel * Ajami dialect, a dialect of Persian * Ajami script, one of the Arabic-based orthographies used for writing African languages * Ajami Turkic * Ajami Iraq See also *Ajam (other) *Agami, a district of Alexandria, Egypt {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajami
''Ajam'' ( ar, عجم, ʿajam) is an Arabic word meaning mute, which today refers to someone whose mother tongue is not Arabic. During the Arab conquest of Persia, the term became a racial pejorative. In many languages, including Persian, Turkish, Urdu–Hindi, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Kurdish, Gujarati, Malay, Punjabi, and Swahili, ''Ajam'' and ''Ajami'' refer to Iran and Iranians respectively. Etymology According to traditional etymology, the word ''Ajam'' comes from the Semitic root ''ʿ-j-m''. Related forms of the same root include, but are not limited to: * ''mustaʿjim'': mute, incapable of speech * ''ʿajama'' / '' ʾaʿjama'' / ''ʿajjama'': to dot – in particular, to add the dots that distinguish between various Arabic letters to a text (and hence make it easier for a non-native Arabic speaker to read). It is now an obsolete term, since all modern Arabic texts are dotted. This may also be linked to ''ʿajām'' / ''ʿajam'' "pit, seed (e.g. of a date or grape)". * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajami Nakhchivani
Ajami ibn Abubakr Nakhchivani ( az, Əcəmi ibn Əbubəkr Naxçıvani) was a 12th and 13th-century Muslim architect who contributed greatly to the architecture of Nakhchivan. He was the founder of the Nakhchivan school of architecture and is the architect of buildings such as Yusif ibn Kuseyir Mausoleum, Momine Khatun Mausoleum and Juma Mosque. Architecture Yusif ibn Kuseyir Mausoleum One of the ancient monuments created by Ajami is the mausoleum of Yusif ibn Kuseyir, known as "Atababa". The ayahs (verses) from Koran are inscribed on the walls of the monument. Date of construction of this mausoleum (1161-1162 AD) was defined from its traditional built-in plate or ''katiba''. This eight-sided mausoleum consists of the underground plinth burial place (sardaba, fa, سردابه or cellar) and its on-ground top. Each side of this construction is decorated with various ornaments. Momine Khatun Mausoleum The masterpiece of Ajami is the Momina-Khatun's mausoleum, also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajami (surname)
The surname Ajami or al-Ajami (Arabic: عجمي ʿajamī) has origins in the Middle East and is prevalent in Arabic speaking countries. Derived from Ajam (عجم) it is an Arabic word meaning mute, which today refers to someone whose mother tongue is not Arabic. List of people with the surname * Fouad Ajami - Lebanese-born scholar, author and professor * Ismail al-'Ajami - Persian leader of the Order of Assassins (Nizari Isma'ili sect) * Newsha Ajami - Iranian-American hydrologist * Habib al-Ajami - Muslim Sufi (mystic), saint, and traditionalist of Persian descent * Jocelyn Ajami - Lebanese-American artist and filmmaker of the 20th and 21st centuries * Mohammed al-Ajami - Qatari poet * Mary Ajami - Syrian Christian academic, was a feminist and pioneering Arabic-language writer See also *Ajami (other) Ajami is the Arabic adjective applied to an Ajam, a Persian or (relative to Arabic speakers) alien. Ajami may also refer to: * Ajami Nakhchivani, a Muslim architect fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajami (film)
''Ajami'' ( ar, عجمي, ʿAjamiyy; he, עג'מי) is a 2009 Israeli Arab drama film. Its plot is set in the Ajami neighborhood of Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel. Plot The film contains five story lines, each of which is presented in a non-chronological fashion. Some events are shown multiple times from varying perspectives. A young Israeli Arab boy, Nasri, who lives in the Ajami neighborhood of Jaffa, narrates the film. In the first story, Nasri's neighbor—a teenage boy—is shot to death by a well-known Bedouin clan in a drive-by shooting while working on his car. Nasri explains that the intended target was his older brother Omar, who had previously sold the car to the neighbor. The botched hit was revenge for a loss of one of Bedouin clan members, who was shot and paralyzed by Nasri's uncle in a dispute. Nasri and his younger sister are sent to Jerusalem, while Omar, his mother, and grandfather stay behind. Fearing for his family's safety, Omar seeks protection and guidance from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajami, Jaffa
Ajami ( ar, العجمي, he, עג'מי) is a predominantly Arab neighborhood in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, situated south of Old Jaffa and north of the Jabaliyya neighborhood on the Mediterranean Sea. Etymology The neighborhood was named after Ibrahim al-Ajami, one of prophet Muhammad's companions. According to a tradition, he was buried in the south of the neighborhood. A mosque constructed at the site in 1895, al-Ajami, is named for him. History Ottoman and British eras Ajami was founded during Ottoman rule over Palestine at the end of the 19th century, as a small Maronite Christian settlement. The neighborhood's streets were laid parallel to the coast, with ample houses and small stairway-alleys leading down to the shore. A Maronite monastery and church founded in 1855, stood in the nearby harbor. In 1895, Father Antonios Shbeir Ghostaoui, a monk from the Lebanese Maronite Order, built a new church and a monastery on an area of 1,600 square meters. Later on, between 1901 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajami Dialect
Achomi ( fa, اچُمی), also known as Larestani and Khodmooni, is a Southwestern Iranian Persian language spoken by people in southern Fars and western Hormozgan and by significant numbers of immigrant groups in Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and other Persian Gulf Arab countries. It is the predominant language of Larestan, Khonj, Gerash, Lamerd, and Evaz counties in Fars and Bastak County in Hormozgan Province. It is also spoken by some Huwalas in the Gulf countries. The majority of Achomi speakers are Sunni Muslims. Etymology and name of the language There are different ways to refer to this language. *Achomi: Native speakers often refer to their language as Achomi. There are different reasons for this name. One of them is the language's frequent usage of the ʃconsonant. The second reason originates from when Arabs began trading with Achomis. This because Arabs called Achomis 'Ajam', which means non-Arab. Therefore, Achomi is a variation of Ajam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajami Script
Ajami ( ar, عجمي, ) or Ajamiyya ( ar, عجمية, ), which comes from the Arabic root for ''foreign'' or ''stranger'', is an Arabic-derived script used for writing African languages, particularly those of Mandé, Hausa and Swahili, although many other African languages are written using the script, including Yoruba, Mooré, and Pulaar. It is considered an Arabic-derived African writing system. Since many African languages include phonetic sounds and systems not found in the standard Arabic language, an adapted Arabic script is used to transcribe those sounds not normally found in Arabic. Similar modified Arabic scripts exist in Iran, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. The West African Hausa is an example of a language written using Ajami, especially during the pre-colonial period when Qur'anic schools taught Muslim children Arabic and, by extension, Ajami. Following Western colonization, a Latin orthography for Hausa was adopted and the Ajami script declined in popularity. Ajam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajami Turkic
Ajem-Turkic (''Türkī-yi ʿacemī''; 'Persian Turkic' or 'Persian Turkish'), also known as Middle Azeri, is used to refer to the Turkic vernacular spoken in Iran between the 15th and 18th century. The modern Azerbaijani language is descended from this language. Name The term is derived from earlier designations, such as ''lingua turcica agemica'', or ''Turc Agemi'', which was used in a grammar book composed by the French writer Capuchin Raphaël du Mans (died 1696) in 1684. Local texts simply called the language ''türkī''. During "the Isfahan phase of the Safavids", it was called ''ḳızılbaşī'' in contrast to ''rūmī'' ( Ottoman) and ''çaġatā’ī'' ( Chagatai), due to its close relation to dialects spoken by the Qizilbash. History Ajem-Turkic is descended from Old Anatolian Turkish, and is part of the southwestern branch of Oghuz languages. The language first appears during the 15th-century in Azerbaijan, eastern Anatolia, and Iran. It went through more devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajami Iraq
Persian Iraq, also uncommonly spelled Persian Irak ( fa, عراقِ عجم ''Erāq-e Ajam(i)''; ar, عراق العجم '''Irāq al-'Ajam'' or '''Irāq 'Ajami''), is a historical region of the western parts of Iran. The region, originally known as Media in pre-Islamic times, became known as Jibal ("mountain, hill") by the early Islamic geographers, due its mountainous layout. The name was progressively abandoned during the Seljuk era in the 11th-12th centuries, and was called ''ʿIrāq(-i) ʿAjamī'' ("Persian Iraq") to distinguish it from ''ʿIrāq(-i) Arab'' ("Arab Iraq") in Mesopotamia. According to the medieval historian and geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi, this course started taking place when the Seljuk sultans ruled both Iraq proper and Jibal, thus being addressed "sultan al-Iraq". However, the city of Hamadan in Jibal eventually became their capital, thus resulting in the region becoming known as Iraq, with the word Ajami ("Persian") being added. Following the Mongol i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajam (other)
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Ajam is an Arabic word meaning "non-Arab". Ajam or AJAM may also refer to: *Ajam of Bahrain, an ethnic group in Bahrain *Ajam (band), a British world fusion group *Ajam (maqam), a musical mode in Arabic, Turkish, and related systems of music * Al Jazeera America (AJAM), an American basic cable and satellite news television channel * 'Ajam of Kuwait See also *Ajami (other) Ajami is the Arabic adjective applied to an Ajam, a Persian or (relative to Arabic speakers) alien. Ajami may also refer to: * Ajami Nakhchivani, a Muslim architect from Azerbaijan and founder of the Nakhchivan school of architecture * Ajami (sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
