صنج

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a type of percussion instrument, often made of brass, that is struck together. It also extends to related concepts like the sound of such instruments, and metaphorically to a skilled singer or poet.

Derived headwords

الصنج العربيnoun

1.
Arabic cymbalclassical
The type of cymbal known to Arabs, typically made of brass and struck together, often found in tambourines and similar instruments.

الصنجnoun

1.
cymbalboth
A percussion instrument, often made of brass, where one piece is struck against another. It can also refer to a stringed instrument of foreign origin.
2.
sound of cymbalsclassical
The sound produced by cymbals, or metaphorically, the sound of jinn.

صنجnoun

1.
cymbalboth
A percussion instrument, often made of brass, where one piece is struck against another. It can also refer to a stringed instrument of foreign origin.
2.
sound of cymbalsclassical
The sound produced by cymbals, or metaphorically, the sound of jinn.

صناجةnoun

1.
skilled singer/poetclassical
A woman who plays the cymbal, or metaphorically, a woman who is a skilled singer or poet.
2.
cymbal playerclassical
A female player of the cymbal.

صناجnoun

1.
cymbal playerclassical
One who plays the cymbal, particularly the stringed instrument.

صنج الجنnoun

1.
sound of jinnclassical
The sound attributed to jinn, likened to the sound of cymbals or singing.

صنجةnoun

1.
part of a scaleclassical
A part of a balance scale, likely referring to the pans or weights.

سنجةnoun

1.
part of a scaleclassical
A part of a balance scale, likely referring to the pans or weights. Its usage is debated.

الأصنوجةnoun

1.
dough sliversclassical
Thin, sliver-like pieces of dough.

Parallel reading

الصنج العربي: هو الذي يكون في الدفوف ونحوه، عربي «2»؛ فأما الصنج ذو الأوتار فدخيل معرب، تختص به العجم وقد تكلمت به العرب

The Arabic cymbal: it is what is found in tambourines and the like, Arabic; but as for the stringed cymbal, it is a foreign loanword, peculiar to non-Arabs, though Arabs have spoken of it.

ومستجيبا تخال الصنج يسمعه، ... إذا ترجع فيه القينة الفضل

And responsive, you would think the cymbal hears it, ... when the singer repeats the refrain.

قل لسوار، إذا ما ... جئته وابن علاثه: زاد في الصنج عبيد الله ... أوتارا ثلاثه

Say to Suwar, when you ... come to him and Ibn Alathah: Ubayd Allah added to the cymbal ... three strings.

وامرأة صناجة: ذات صنج؛ قال الشاعر: إذا شئت غنتني دهاقين قرية، ... وصناجة تجذو على كل منسم «3»

And a woman is a 'sannajah': possessing a cymbal; the poet said: If you wish, the villagers of a village will sing to me, ... and a 'sannajah' will tread on every hoof.

الصنج الذي تعرفه العرب هو الذي يتخذ من صفر يضرب أحدهما بالآخر.

The cymbal known to the Arabs is that which is made of brass, one piece struck against the other.

الصنج الشيزى، وقال غيره: الصنج ذو الأوتار الذي يلعب به، واللاعب به يقال له: الصناج والصناجة.

The cymbal is made of cypress wood, and others said: The cymbal is the stringed one that is played with, and the player of it is called: Al-Sannaj and Al-Sannajah.

وكان أعشى بكر يسمى صناجة العرب لجودة شعره.

And Al-A'sha Bakr was called the 'Sannajat al-Arab' for the excellence of his poetry.

وصنج الجن: صوتها؛ قال القطامي: تبيت الغول تهرج أن تراه، ... وصنج الجن من طرب يهيم

And the 'sanj al-jinn': their sound; Al-Qutami said: The ghoul spends the night frolicking, as you see it, ... and the 'sanj al-jinn' is from joy, it wanders.

وهو من الصنج الذي تقدم؛ كأن الجن تغني بالصنج.

And it is from the cymbal previously mentioned; as if the jinn were singing with the cymbal.

وصنجة الميزان وسنجته؛ فارسي معرب.

And the 'sanjah' of the scale and its 'sinjah'; a Persian loanword.

وقال ابن السكيت: لا يقال سنجة.

And Ibn Al-Sikkit said: 'Sinjah' is not said.

والأصنوجة: الزوالقة من العجين «4».

And Al-Asnoojah: the slivers of dough.