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الجحنش

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of thickness, coarseness, and the physical body, particularly in infants. It encompasses terms for a stout or thick person, a proper name, and descriptions of a child's belly and bones.

Derived headwords

الجَحَنْشadjective
  1. 1.
    Thick, stoutclassical

    Describes a person who is thick, stout, or coarse in build.

جَحَنْشname
  1. 1.
    Jahanshboth

    A proper name.

جَحَنْشnoun
  1. 1.
    Child's bellyclassical

    Refers to the belly or abdomen of a child.

اجحنششverb
  1. 1.
    To become bonyclassical

    To become bony or to have prominent bones, likely referring to a child's physical development.

Parallel reading

الجحنش، كجعفر: الغليظ.
Al-Jahansh, like Ja'far: the thick/stout one.
وجحنش: اسم.
And Jahansh: a name.
وجحنش بطن الصبي
And Jahansh is the belly of the boy
واجحنشش: عظم.
And Ijtahanshasha: to be bony.