تجسس

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ج س س (j-s-s), semantically influenced by جَاسُوس (jāsūs, spy).

Verb[edit]

تَجَسَّسَ (tajassasa) V, non-past يَتَجَسَّسُ‎ (yatajassasu)

  1. to scrutinize, to examine
  2. to spy upon, to snoop, to scout
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 49:12:
      وَلَا تَجَسَّسُوا وَلَا يَغْتَبْ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا
      walā tajassasū walā yaḡtab baʕḍukum baʕḍan
      And do not spy, nor backbite one another.

Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

تَجَسُّس (tajassusm

  1. verbal noun of تَجَسَّسَ (tajassasa) (form V)
  2. espionage

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Ottoman Turkish: تجسس

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