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شنج

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

شَنَجٌ ذ inf. n. of 1. (S &c.) -A2- Also A camel: (Lth, IDrd, K:) or a heavy camel. (L in art. غنج.) غَنَجٌ عَلَىشَنَجٍ is a phrase of the tribe of Hudheyl, meaning A man upon a camel: (Lth, IDrd, O:) or a man, or an old man, upon a heavy camel. (L in art. غنج.) ― -b2- It is also said, in the L, that it signifies An old man, in the dial. of Hudheyl. (TA.)

Derived headwords

شَنَجٌ
  1. 1.
غَنَجٌ عَلَىشَنَجٍ