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الكجة

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a type of game or play, often involving a ball-like object made from cloth. It also appears in personal names, some of which are associated with hadith narration or judicial roles.

Derived headwords

الكُجَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    game with cloth ballboth

    A game in which a boy takes a piece of cloth and rolls it up, making it resemble a ball.

كَجَّverb
  1. 1.
    to play with itclassical

    To play with the cloth ball described in the lemma الكجة.

الكُجْكُجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dog's anus gameclassical

    A game known by the name 'dog's anus'.

قُتَيْبَة بن كُجname
  1. 1.
    Qutaybah bin Kujjclassical

    A traditionist from Bukhara.

يُوسُف بن أَحْمَد بن كَجّname
  1. 1.
    Yusuf bin Ahmad bin Kajjclassical

    A judge.

Parallel reading

الكجة، بالضم: لعبة يأخذ الصبي خرقة فيدورها، كأنها كرة.
Al-kujjah, with dammah: a game in which a boy takes a piece of cloth and rolls it up, making it resemble a ball.
وكج: لعب بها.
And 'kujja': he played with it.
والكجكجة: لعبة تسمى: است الكلبة.
And al-kujkujjah: a game called 'the dog's anus'.
وقتيبة بن كج، بالضم: بخاري محدث.
And Qutaybah bin Kujj, with dammah: a traditionist from Bukhara.
ويوسف بن أحمد بن كج القاضي، بالفتح.
And Yusuf bin Ahmad bin Kajj the judge, with fatha.