خنج

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root primarily relates to a specific tribe or lineage of Arabs, referred to as 'Khannaj'. The text uses this tribal name in a poetic context, contrasting it with other groups and employing it in a boastful or admonishing manner.

Derived headwords

خَنَاجname

1.
tribe nameclassical
A specific tribe or lineage of Arabs, mentioned in the text.

Parallel reading

خناج قبيلة من العرب.

Khannaj is a tribe of the Arabs.

وقالت أعرابية لضرة لها كانت من بني خناج:

And a Bedouin woman said to her co-wife, who was from the Banu Khannaj:

لا تكثري أخت بني خناج،

Do not be excessive, O sister of the Banu Khannaj,

وأقصري من بعض ذا الضجاج،

And cease some of this clamor,

فقد أقمناك على المنهاج،

for we have established you upon the clear path,

أتيته بمثل حق العاج،

I brought him something like the tusk of ivory,

مضمخ زين بانتفاج،

perfumed, adorned with embellishment,

بمثله نيل رضى الأزواج

with such, the satisfaction of husbands is attained.