Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

جارية

English translation:

odalisque, bondwoman, servant; daughter

Added to glossary by Randa Farhat
Jul 3, 2004 23:36
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Arabic term

جارية

Arabic to English Other History
servant but i need a more authentic translation please

Discussion

Saleh Ayyub Jul 4, 2004:
Provide context please, so as not to base answers on guessing - Thank you.

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odalisque, bondwoman ; and in other terms: daughter

جارية in old arabic means "girl",
لديه جارية وغلام بمعنى إبنة وإبن

and as in terms of a servant
جارية بمعنى أمة مملوكة
odalisque, bondwoman
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agree Ali Khaireddine
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agree Awad Balaish
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agree samehme
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agree Alaa AHMED : exhaustive
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agree AhmedAMS
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housemaid, bondmaid

if she is paid for the work she does then she is a housmaid

if she is not paid for the work she does (enslaved) then she is a bondmaid
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little girl

If the text is indeed historic the term would generally mean just "girl", she may or may not be a servant or a slave but that is not what the term indicates. In historic texts, such as in Hadeeths, it means a girl before the age of maturity. Slave was referred to as "Amma"أمة,and servant as"مولاه""mawllah". If yor text is religious and ancient, you'll have not to confuse between these terms, because some hadeeths are interpreted incorrectly because of that confusion such as the hadeeth of the insane girl that took the prophet{Pbuh} by hand,she is referred to as"جارية خرقاء" which actually means a little girl and not a mature bondswoman, that's why the prophet {Pbuh}allowed her to hold his hand.
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female slave

female slave
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maid

just a maid

A woman servant.
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