جمن

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns imitations of pearls, often made of silver or other materials, and used as adornments. It also extends to names of specific objects, animals, and places.

Derived headwords

الجُمانnoun

1.
Silver pearl imitationsclassical
Small ornaments made of silver in the shape of pearls. They are considered a Persian loanword.
2.
Sea pearl imitationsclassical
Imitations of pearls, specifically those from seashells, as interpreted by some poets.
3.
Small pearlsclassical
Refers to small pearls, particularly when used in descriptions of sweat or tears.
4.
Silver beadworkclassical
Beads made of silver, sometimes described as white with a silver sheen.
5.
Ornamental bandclassical
A band made of leather, woven with beads of various colors, worn by women as an adornment.

جُمانةnoun

1.
Pearl-shaped beadclassical
A single bead made of silver, shaped like a pearl or jewel. It is also used as a woman's name.
2.
Jewelclassical
A precious stone or jewel, sometimes referred to as a 'jumana'.

جُمانname

1.
Name of a camelclassical
A proper name given to a camel.

الجَمنname

1.
Name of a mountainclassical
A proper name for a mountain.

Parallel reading

هنوات تتخذ على أشكال اللؤلؤ من فضة، فارسي معرب، واحدته جمانة

Ornaments made in the shape of pearls from silver, a Persian loanword, its singular is jumana.

وتوهمه لبيد لؤلؤ الصدف البحري فقال يصف بقرة: وتضيء في وجه الظلام، منيرة، ... كجمانة البحري سل نظامها

And Labid mistook it for sea-oyster pearls, saying as he described a cow: And it shines in the face of darkness, luminous, ... like the sea's jumana, its string was loosened.

الجُمانة حبة تعمل من الفضة كالدرة

The jumana is a bead made of silver like a pearl.

وبه سميت المرأة

And by it, a woman was named.

وربما سميت الدرة جمانة

And sometimes a pearl is called a jumana.

يتحدر منه العرق مثل الجمان

Sweat dripped from him like jumans (small pearls).

هو اللؤلؤ الصغار

It is small pearls.

وقيل: حب يتخذ من الفضة أمثال اللؤلؤ

And it was said: beads made of silver like pearls.

إذا رفع رأسه تحدر منه جمان اللؤلؤ

When he raised his head, jumans of pearls dripped from him.

والجمان: سفيفة من أدم ينسج فيها الخرز من كل لون تتوشح به المرأة

And al-Juman: a band of leather in which beads of every color are woven, with which a woman adorns herself.

أسيلة مستن الدموع، وما جرى ... عليه الجمان الجائل المتوشح

Smooth, tears flowed, and what flowed... upon it, the moving, adorning jumans.

وقيل: الجمان خرز يبيض بماء الفضة

And it was said: al-Juman are beads that whiten with silver water.

أمسى جمان كالرهين مضرعا

Juman became like a captive, weak.

فقلت للقوم قد زالت حمائلهم ... فرج الحزيز من القرعاء فالجمن

So I said to the people, their burdens have shifted... the pass of the ravine from the bald hill, then al-Jamn.