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ضجن

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a specific mountain or mountainous region, particularly one known in the Hijaz region of Arabia. It also denotes a small mountain near Mecca.

Derived headwords

الضَّجْنnoun
  1. 1.
    mountainclassical

    A well-known mountain.

ضَجْنَانname
  1. 1.
    mountain near Meccaclassical

    A small mountain located in the vicinity of Mecca.

  2. 2.
    place between Mecca and Medinaclassical

    A location or mountain situated between the cities of Mecca and Medina.

Parallel reading

الضجن، بالجيم: جبل معروف
Ad-Dajin, with a jim: a known mountain.
وطال السنام على جبلة، ... كخلقاء من هضبات الضجن
And the hump was long on a hillock, ... like a sandy rise from the hills of Ad-Dajin.
في نسوة من بني دهي مصعدة، ... أو من قنان تؤم السير للضجن
Among women from Banu Dahy, ascending, ... or from mountain peaks heading towards Ad-Dajin.
قال: والحاء تصحيف.
He said: And the ha' is a scribal error.
وضجنان: جبيل بناحية مكة.
And Dajnan: a small mountain in the region of Mecca.
أما ضجن فلم أسمع فيه شيئا غير جبل بناحية تهامة يقال له ضجنان.
As for Dajin, I have not heard anything about it except a mountain in the region of Tihamah called Dajnan.
أنه أقبل حتى إذا كان بضجنان
That he approached until he was at Dajnan.
هو موضع أو جبل بين مكة والمدينة
It is a place or a mountain between Mecca and Medina.