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مج

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مَجٌّ ذ (S, K) and ↓ مُجَاجٌ (TA) The grain of the مَاش: (K:) or the grain called ماش; and called by the Arabs خُلَّرٌ and زِنٌّ: (T:) or a kind of grain resembling the lentil, ( but more round, TA); an arabicized word; in Persian ماش: (S:) or, accord. to El-Jawáleekee, it is Arabic: accord. to AHn, what is called مَجَّةٌ [n. un. of مَجٌّ, which is a coll. gen. n.,] is a sour or salt, or salt and bitter, plant, or tree, (حَمْضَةٌ) resembling the طَحْمَاآء, but more delicate, and smaller. (TA.) -A2- See مُجَاجٌ.

Derived headwords

مَجٌّ
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