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النيلنج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root refers to a specific type of smoke derived from fat, used in a traditional practice to make tattoos appear green. It is a specialized term with a very narrow application.

Derived headwords

النِّيلَنْجnoun
  1. 1.
    fat smokeclassical

    Smoke produced from animal fat, specifically used in a traditional method.

  2. 2.
    tattoo treatmentclassical

    A substance or process involving fat smoke used to treat tattoos, making them appear green.

يُعَالِجverb
  1. 1.
    to treatboth

    To apply a remedy or process to something, in this context, to tattoos.

يعالج به الوشم ليخضر — it is used to treat tattoos so they become green

Parallel reading

النيلنج، بكسر أوله: دخان الشحم، يعالج به الوشم ليخضر.
Al-Nīlanj, with a kasra on its first letter: smoke of fat, by which tattoos are treated to become green.
دخان الشحم
smoke of fat
يعالج به الوشم
it is used to treat tattoos
ليخضر
so they become green