مجدل

Tool noun from the root ج د ل (j d l) related to things being woven strong, to be strong or compact, or borrowed from Aramaic מִגְדְּלָא (migdəlā, “tower”) / ܡܰܓܕܠܳܐ (magdəlā, “tower”), since this word has been widespread across Aramaic dialects and other Arabic terms for fortresses are borrowed too, as بَلَاط (balāṭ), بُرْج (burj), قَصْر (qaṣr), possibly also حِصْن (ḥiṣn). There is also a native form with a similar semantic range جَنْدَل (jandal, “boulder, mass of rocks, rock outcropping; a pla