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رنج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to a specific type of fruit or nut, likely borrowed from another language. It primarily refers to the coconut and its associated plant.

Derived headwords

الرانجnoun
  1. 1.
    Coconutboth

    This refers to the fruit of the coconut palm, also known as the coconut.

  2. 2.
    Coconut palmboth

    This refers to the tree that bears the coconut fruit.

نارجيلnoun
  1. 1.
    Coconutboth

    This is another term for the coconut fruit, often used interchangeably with 'al-rang'.

Parallel reading

الرانج: النارجيل، وهو جوز الهند، حكاه أبو حنيفة
Al-rang: the narjil, which is the coconut, narrated by Abu Hanifa.
وقال: أحسبه معربا
And he said: I think it is a loanword.