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زنجل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with terms related to strength, size, and a specific aromatic plant or spice. It also includes a term for an elephant and a potential name for a type of wine or its source.

Derived headwords

الزنجيلnoun
  1. 1.
    weaklingclassical

    A weak or feeble person or thing.

  2. 2.
    strong and largeclassical

    A strong, large, and robust individual.

الزنجبيلnoun
  1. 1.
    gingerboth

    A plant grown in Arabia, particularly Oman, with roots that spread underground. Its plant resembles 'rasan' and is not wild. It is eaten fresh like herbs and used dried. The best comes from زنج and China.

  2. 2.
    spicy wineclassical

    A name for wine, described as aged and perfumed.

  3. 3.
    pungent spiceboth

    A sharp-tasting spice that tingles the tongue.

زندبيلnoun
  1. 1.
    elephantclassical

    A term for an elephant.

Parallel reading

الزنجيل الضعيف، بالنون
The زنجيل is the weak one, with a 'noon'.
وقال الفراء: الزئجيل مهموز، وهو الزؤاجل.
Al-Farra' said: Al-za'jil is hamzated, and it is Al-zu'ajil.
والزنجيل: القوي الضخم.
And al-zinjil: the strong and large.
مما ينبت في بلاد العرب بأرض عمان، وهو عروق تسري في الأرض، ونباته شبيه بنبات الراسن وليس منه شيء بريا، وليس بشجر، يؤكل رطبا كما يؤكل البقل، ويستعمل يابسا، وأجوده ما يؤتى به من الزنج وبلاد الصين
From what grows in the Arab lands in the land of Oman, and it is roots that run in the earth, and its plant resembles the plant of 'rasan' and none of it is wild, and it is not a tree, it is eaten fresh as herbs are eaten, and used dried, and its best is what is brought from زنج and the lands of China.
وزعم قوم أن الخمر يسمى زنجبيلا؛ قال: وزنجبيل عاتق مطيب
And a group claimed that wine is called زنجبيل; he said: And زنجبيل, aged and perfumed.
وقيل: الزنجبيل العود الحريف الذي يحذي اللسان.
And it was said: Al-zinjabil is the pungent wood that stings the tongue.
كان مزاجها زنجبيلا.
Its mixture was زنجبيل.
والعرب تصف الزنجبيل بالطيب وهو مستطاب عندهم جدا
And the Arabs describe زنجبيل as fragrant, and it is very desirable to them.
كأن القرنفل والزنجبيل ... باتا بفيها، وأريا مشورا
As if cloves and زنجبيل... spent the night in her mouth, and gave forth a pleasant aroma.
فجائز أن يكون الزنجبيل في خمر الجنة، وجائز أن يكون مزاجها ولا غائلة له، وجائز أن يكون اسما للعين التي يؤخذ منها هذا الخمر، واسمه السلسبيل أيضا.
So it is permissible that زنجبيل is in the wine of Paradise, and permissible that it is its mixture without any harm, and permissible that it is a name for the spring from which this wine is taken, and its name is also Al-Salsabil.
الزندبيل: الفيل؛ ابن الأعرابي: هو الفيل والكلثوم والزندبيل.
Al-Zindabil: the elephant; Ibn Al-A'rabi: it is the elephant, and Al-Kulthum, and Al-Zindabil.