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جدن

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a place or a specific location. It also appears in names of historical figures, particularly kings or leaders from ancient Yemen, and denotes a state of wealth after poverty.

Derived headwords

جِدْنnoun
  1. 1.
    placeboth

    A location or a specific spot.

ذو جِدْنname
  1. 1.
    Dhu Jadanclassical

    A title or name referring to a ruler from the Himyarite kingdom or a leader from Yemen.

  2. 2.
    King of Himyarclassical

    Specifically identified as a king from the Himyarite dynasty.

أَجْدَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to become richclassical

    To attain wealth after having been poor.

Parallel reading

جدن: موضع.
Jadan: a place.
وذو جدن: قيل من أقيال حمير، وقيل: من مقاولة اليمن
And Dhu Jadan: it is said he was one of the rulers of Himyar, and it is said: one of the leaders of Yemen.
وفي التهذيب: اسم ملك من ملوك حمير
And in Al-Tahdhib: [he is] the name of a king from the kings of Himyar.
قال الأصمعي: وأنشد أبو عمرو بن العلاء الكلابي: لو أنني كنت من عاد ومن إرم ... غذي بهم ولقمانا وذا جدن
Al-Asma'i said: Abu Amr ibn al-Ala al-Kilabi recited: If only I had been from Ad and from Iram... nourished by them, and Luqman, and Dhu Jadan.
ابن الأعرابي: أجدن الرجل إذا استغنى بعد فقر.
Ibn al-A'rabi: A man becomes rich (ajdana) when he becomes wealthy after poverty.