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المنجنيق

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a siege engine used for throwing stones. It also includes derived terms related to the engine itself, its use, and place names.

Derived headwords

اَلْمَنْجَنِيقُnoun
  1. 1.
    catapult, trebuchetboth

    A siege engine used for throwing large stones or other projectiles.

اَلْمَنْجَنُوقُnoun
  1. 1.
    catapult, trebuchetclassical

    An alternative form of the siege engine, often considered a variant pronunciation or spelling.

مَنْجَنِيقَاتٌnoun
  1. 1.
    catapultsboth

    Plural of المنجنيق, referring to multiple siege engines.

مَجَانِقُnoun
  1. 1.
    catapultsboth

    A broken plural of المنجنيق, referring to multiple siege engines.

مَجَانِيقُnoun
  1. 1.
    catapultsboth

    Another broken plural form of المنجنيق, referring to multiple siege engines.

جَنَّقُواverb
  1. 1.
    to use a catapultclassical

    To employ a catapult or siege engine for throwing projectiles.

يُجَنِّقُونَverb
  1. 1.
    they use a catapultclassical

    Present tense verb form indicating the action of using a catapult.

تَجْنِيقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    catapult usageclassical

    The act or process of using a catapult, serving as the masdar of جنقوا.

مَجْنَقُواverb
  1. 1.
    to be equipped with a catapultclassical

    A verb form, possibly passive or causative, related to the use or equipping of a catapult, assuming the 'mim' is original.

جُنْقَانname
  1. 1.
    Junganboth

    A place name, specifically a city in Khwarazm.

أَجْنَقَانname
  1. 1.
    Ajnaqanboth

    A place name, a village (ة) in the region of Sarakhs.

Parallel reading

آلة ترمى بها الحجارة
A machine with which stones are thrown.
كالمنجنوق
Like the mangjanuq.
معربة
Loanword (from Persian).
فارسيتها من جه نيك
Its Persian origin is 'man jē nīk'.
أي: أنا ما أجودني
Meaning: 'How excellent I am!'
ج: منجنيقات ومجانق ومجانيق
Plurals: munjaniqāt, majāniq, and majānīq.
وقد جنقوا يجنقون
And they used catapults, they use catapults.
وجنقوا تجنيقا
And they used catapults (masdar: tajnīqan).
ومجنقوا عند من جعل الميم أصلية
And majnaqū (verb form) according to those who consider the 'mim' to be original.
وإليه نسب أبو محمد عبد الله بن علي المنجنيقي الفقيه
And Abu Muhammad Abdullah bin Ali al-Manjaniqi the jurist was attributed to it (the engine).
وجنقان، كعثمان: ع بخوارزم
And Junqan, like 'Uthman: a city in Khwarazm.
وناحية بفارس
And a region in Fars.
وأجنقان، بكسر النون الأولى: ة بسرخس
And Ajnaqan, with a kasra on the first nun: a village in Sarakhs.