جند

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to groups of people, soldiers, armies, and their support. It extends to encompass regions or provinces, and metaphorically, the idea of being gathered or allied.

Derived headwords

الجندnoun

1.
helpers and supportersboth
helpers and supporters

جندnoun

1.
he recruited soldiersboth
he recruited soldiers

جندnoun

1.
he recruited soldiersboth
he recruited soldiers

جُنُودnoun

1.
armies, troopsboth
The plural form of 'jund', referring to multiple armies or groups of soldiers.

أَجْنَادnoun

1.
provinces, regionsclassical
The plural of 'jund' when referring to administrative regions or provinces.

مُجَنَّدَةadjective

1.
gathered, assembledclassical
Describing something that is gathered, assembled, or arrayed, often in a military context.

Parallel reading

الجند: الاعوان والانصار.

Al-jund: the helpers and supporters.

وفلان جند الجنود.

And so-and-so is a support of supports.

وفى الحديث: " الارواح جنود مجندة ".

And in the hadith: 'Souls are assembled troops.'

والشام خمسة أجناد: دمشق، وحمص وقنسرون، والاردن، وفلسطين، يقال لكل مدينة منها جند.

And the Levant is five provinces: Damascus, Homs, Qinnasrin, Jordan, and Palestine; each city among them is called a jund.

قال الشاعر الفرزدق: فقلت ما هو إلا الشام تركبه * كأنما الموت في أجناده البغر

The poet Al-Farazdaq said: So I said, it is nothing but the Levant you ride upon, as if death were in its provinces, the white-faced one.

وجند بالتحريك: بلد باليمن.

And Jund, with vowelization, is a town in Yemen.