اجل

ajal, s.f. Lit. 'The assigned, appointed, or specified term or period' (of a thing); term or appointed time; term or period of life; hour of death; death; fate, destiny; (Met.) a troublesome creditor, a dun:—ajal-rasīda, part. adj. Overtaken by fate, doomed; on the point of death; wretched, unfortunate:—ajal-girifta, adj.=ajal-rasīda; and s. com. gend. One who is overtaken by fate; one whose hour of death is at hand; doomed person, etc.