فدج

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a type of litter or palanquin used for women, particularly brides, and by extension, to a spacious or wide area, especially in relation to a camel's hindquarters.

Derived headwords

الفَوْدَجnoun

1.
Palanquin, litterboth
A covered litter, often ornate, carried by a camel or horse, used for transporting women.
2.
Bride's conveyanceclassical
Specifically, the conveyance used for a bride.
3.
Kermanite litterclassical
A specific type of litter made by the people of Kerman, distinct from the Arabian 'hawdaj'.

الفَوَادِجnoun

1.
Palanquins, littersboth
The plural of 'fawdaj', referring to multiple palanquins or litters.

الهَوْدَجnoun

1.
Palanquin, litterboth
A type of litter, often synonymous with 'fawdaj', used for transporting women.

الهَوَادِجnoun

1.
Palanquins, littersboth
The plural of 'hawdaj', referring to multiple palanquins or litters.

واسعة الفَوْدَجadjective

1.
Wide-hipped (camel)classical
Describing a female camel that has wide hindquarters or flanks, implying spaciousness.

الفَوْدَجَانname

1.
Al-Fawdajanclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific place.

Parallel reading

الفودج: الهودج

Al-fawdaj: Al-hawdaj.

وقيل: هو أصغر من الهودج

And it is said: it is smaller than the hawadaj.

والجمع الفوادج والهوادج

And the plural is al-fawadij and al-hawadij.

وفودج العروس: مركبها

And the fawdaj of the bride: her conveyance.

وقال اليزيدي: الفودج شيء يتخذه أهل كرمان، والذي يتخذه الأعراب هودج

And Al-Yazidi said: Al-fawdaj is something that the people of Kerman make, and what the Arabs make is a hawadaj.

وناقة واسعة الفودج أي واسعة الأرفاغ

And a she-camel wide of the fawdaj, meaning wide of the hindquarters.

والفودجان: موضع

And Al-Fawdajan: a place.

له عليهن، بالخلصاء مرتعه، ... فالفودجين، فجنبي واحف، صخب

He grazes them, in Al-Khalsaa, ... then Al-Fawdajayn, and beside it Wahaf, a noisy place.