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وجن

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the prominent part of the cheek, the cheekbone area, and by extension, refers to landforms characterized by prominence, hardness, and stoniness. It also extends to concepts of striking, pounding, and a sense of humility or shame.

Derived headwords

الوِجْنَةnoun
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    cheekbone prominenceboth

    The prominent part of the cheek, between the jaw and the eye socket.

الوِجْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    prominent part of the cheekboth

    What protrudes from the cheek, between the temple and the side of the nose.

الوِجْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cheekboneboth

    The bony prominence of the cheek.

أَوْجَنadjective
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    prominent cheekbonesboth

    Describing a person with large or prominent cheekbones.

مُوجَنadjective
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    prominent cheekbonesboth

    Having prominent cheekbones.

مُوجَنadjective
  1. 1.
    fleshyclassical

    Describing someone with abundant flesh, particularly in the cheeks.

الوِجَنnoun
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    hard, stony groundclassical

    Hard, stony land.

الوِجَنnoun
  1. 1.
    rising, rocky terrainclassical

    A rising and slightly elevated tract of land, characterized by its roughness.

الوِجِينnoun
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    hard, stony groundclassical

    Hard ground containing stones.

الوِجِينnoun
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    valley bankclassical

    The bank or edge of a valley.

وَجْنَاءadjective
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    prominent cheekbonesboth

    Describing a female animal (especially a camel) with large or prominent cheekbones.

وَجْنَاءadjective
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    sturdy and well-formedclassical

    Describing a female animal that is complete in form, with fleshy and firm cheekbones, implying strength and sturdiness.

وَجْنَاءadjective
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    thick and hardclassical

    Describing something as thick and hard, like the stony ground.

الأَوْجَنadjective
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    prominent cheekbonesboth

    Possessing large cheekbones.

الأَوْجَنnoun
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    thick mountainclassical

    A thick or massive mountain.

وَجَنَ بِهِ الأَرْضverb
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    strike against the groundclassical

    To strike or hit something against the ground.

وَجَنَverb
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    to poundclassical

    To pound or beat something, like cloth.

المِيجَنَةnoun
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    fuller's beetleclassical

    A tool used by fullers to beat or pound cloth.

المِيجَنَةnoun
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    mallet for leatherclassical

    A mallet used to soften leather during tanning.

المَوَاجِنnoun
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    fuller's beetlesclassical

    Plural of ميجنة, referring to the tools used by fullers.

المَيَاجِنnoun
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    fuller's beetlesclassical

    Plural of ميجنة, referring to the tools used by fullers.

التَّوَجُّنnoun
  1. 1.
    humility and submissionclassical

    Humility, submissiveness, and a state of being humbled.

مَوْجُونَةadjective
  1. 1.
    ashamed and timidclassical

    A woman who is shy and timid due to abundant sins.

Parallel reading

ما ارتفع من الخدين للشدق والمحجر.
What rises from the cheeks for the jaw and the eye socket.
ما انحدر من المحجر ونتأ من الوجه
What descends from the eye socket and protrudes from the face.
ما نتأ من لحم الخدين بين الصدغين وكنفي الأنف
What protrudes from the flesh of the cheeks between the temples and the sides of the nose.
هو فرق ما بين الخدين والمدمع من العظم الشاخص في الوجه، إذا وضعت عليه يدك وجدت حجمه.
It is the space between the cheeks and the tear duct of the prominent bone in the face; if you place your hand on it, you find its size.
إنه لحسن الوجنات كأنه جعل كل جزء منها وجنة، ثم جمع على هذا.
He has beautiful cheekbones, as if each part of them was made a cheekbone, and then collected this way.
ورجل أوجن وموجن: عظيم الوجنات.
And a man is 'awjan' and 'mawjan': having large cheekbones.
والموجن: الكثير اللحم.
And 'mawjan': having much flesh.
إنما سميت الوجنة وجنة لنتوئها وغلظها.
The cheekbone is only called 'wajnah' because of its prominence and thickness.
كان ناتئ الوجنة ؛ هي أعلى الخد.
He had a prominent cheekbone; it is the upper part of the cheek.
أرض صلبة ذات حجارة
Hard land with stones.
هو العارض من الأرض ينقاد ويرتفع قليلا، وهو غليظ
It is a tract of land that is yielding and rises slightly, and it is thick.
ترفعني وجنا وتهوي بي وجن هي الأرض الغليظة الصلبة
It lifts me up on hard ground and casts me down on hard ground; it is the thick, solid earth.
ناقة وجناء: تامة الخلق غليظة لحم الوجنة صلبة شديدة
A 'wajnaa'' she-camel: complete in form, with thick, firm cheekbone flesh, solid and strong.
ذات الوجنة الضخمة
Having a massive cheekbone.
شبهت بالوجين العارض من الأرض وهو متن ذو حجارة صغيرة.
It is likened to the 'wajin', a tract of land which is a ridge with small stones.
وجناء في حرتيها للبصير بها
A 'wajnaa'' camel in its heat for the one who sees it.
غلباء وجناء علكوم مذكرة
Strong, 'wajnaa'', with a large muzzle, male.
الغليظة الصلبة.
The thick and solid.
وأد الذعلب الوجناء أي صوت وطئها على الأرض
And the sound of the 'wajnaa'' fox's paws on the ground.
أعيس نهاض كحيد الأوجن
A dark-eyed, rising camel like the hump of the 'awjan' (mountain).
الأوجن الجبل الغليظ.
The 'awjan' is the thick mountain.
الوجين قبل الجبل وسنده، ولا يكون الوجين إلا لواد وطيء تعارض فيه الوادي الداخل في الأرض الذي له أجراف كأنها جدر، فتلك الوجن والأسناد.
The 'wajin' is before the mountain and its slope. The 'wajin' is only for a valley and a low area where the inward-sloping valley has banks like walls; those are the 'wajin' and the slopes.
شط الوادي.
The bank of the valley.
ضربها به.
He struck it against it.
أي من وجن الجلد هو
Which of the people is he?
الدق.
The pounding.
مدقة القصار، والجمع مواجن ومياجن على المعاقبة
The fuller's beetle, and the plural is 'mawajin' and 'mayajin' by alternation.
رقاب كالمواجن خاظيات
Necks like thick 'mawajin' (beetles).
ما شبهت وقع السيوف على الهام إلا بوقع البيازر على المواجن ؛ جمع ميجنة وهي المدقة.
I have not likened the striking of swords on heads except to the striking of pestles on 'mawajin'; the plural of 'mijannah', which is the beetle.
وجن القصار الثوب يجنه وجنا دقه
The fuller pounded the garment, beating it thoroughly.
الميجنة التي يوجن بها الأديم أي يدق ليلين عند دباغه
The 'mijannah' with which the leather is pounded, meaning it is beaten to soften it during tanning.
ولم أر فيمن وجن الجلد نسوة ... أسب لأضياف، وأقبح محجرا
And I have not seen among those who pounded the leather women... more generous to guests, and more ugly in their eyes.
والتوجن الذل والخضوع.
And 'tawajjun' is humility and submission.
وهي الخجلة من كثرة الذنوب.
And she is the one who is shy from the abundance of sins.