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وجن

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to elevated or prominent features, both geographical and physical. It extends to concepts of firmness, impact, and the cheekbone area.

Derived headwords

الوُجَيْنnoun
  1. 1.
    elevated land featureclassical

    A raised, slightly ascending, and somewhat rough tract of land.

الوُجْنَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    the strong she-camelboth

    the strong she-camel

  2. 2.
    it is said: the one with large cheeksboth

    it is said: the one with large cheeks

الوُجَيْنnoun
  1. 1.
    riverbankclassical

    The bank or edge of a valley.

الوُجْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    what is raised from the cheeksboth

    what is raised from the cheeks

وفيها أربع لغات: وجنة، ووجنة وأجنة، ووجنة — And it has four linguistic variations: wajnah, wajnah, ajnah, and wajnah.
مُوَجَّنadjective
  1. 1.
    prominent cheekbonesclassical

    A man with prominent cheekbones.

ورجل موجن: عظيم الوجنات — And a man with prominent cheekbones: having large cheekbones.
الوُجْنnoun
  1. 1.
    beatingclassical

    The act of beating or pounding.

وَجَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to beatclassical

    To beat or pound something, like cloth.

وجن القصار الثوب يجنه وجنا: دقه — The fuller beat the cloth, beating it with a beating.
المِيجَنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    malletclassical

    A mallet or pounder, used for beating.

أبو زيد: الميجنة: المدقة، والجمع مواجن — Abu Zayd: The mijanah is the mallet, and its plural is mawaajin.
مَوَاجِنnoun
  1. 1.
    malletsclassical

    Plural of mijanah, referring to mallets or pounders.

رقاب كالمواجن خاظيات — Necks like mallets, thick and sturdy.

Parallel reading

الوجين: العارض من الأرض ينقاد ويرتفع قليلا، وهو غليظ.
Al-wujayn: A tract of land that is inclined and rises slightly, and it is rough.
ومنه الوجناء، وهي الناقة الشديدة شبهت به في صلابتها.
And from it is al-wajnaa', which is the strong she-camel, likened to it (al-wujayn) in its firmness.
وقال قوم: هي العظيمة الوجنتين.
And a group said: It (al-wajnaa') is the one with large cheekbones.
والوجين: شط الوادي.
And al-wujayn: the bank of the valley.
والوجنة: ما ارتفع من الخدين.
And al-wajnah: what is raised of the cheeks.
ورجل موجن: عظيم الوجنات.
And a man is mujann: having large cheekbones.
ويقال: ما أدري أي من وجن الجلد هو، أي أي الناس هو؟.
And it is said: I do not know which of the skin's wajnah it is, meaning, which person is he?
والوجن: الدق.
And al-wajn: the beating.
ويقال: وجن القصار الثوب يجنه وجنا: دقه.
And it is said: The fuller beat the cloth, he beat it with a beating: he pounded it.
أبو زيد: الميجنة: المدقة، والجمع مواجن.
Abu Zayd: Al-mijanah: the mallet, and the plural is mawaajin.
رقاب كالمواجن خاظيات
Necks like mallets, thick and sturdy.