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خبجب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root entry is primarily concerned with a specific plant or tree, referred to by a derived noun. It also touches upon a place name derived from this plant.

Derived headwords

الْخَبْجَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of treeclassical

    A specific kind of tree or shrub. The entry notes that this term was neglected by lexicographers.

الْخَبْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A place name, specifically 'Baqi' al-Khubjah', which is a location in Medina. It is named after the plant 'al-khubjah'.

Parallel reading

وهو اسم (شجر)
It is the name of a tree.
حكي ذلك (عن) أبي القاسم (السهيلي) في الروض
This was narrated by Abu al-Qasim al-Suhayli in his book Al-Rawd.
ومنه بقيع الخبجة
And among them is Baqi' al-Khubjah.
كما يقولون: بقيع الغرقد
As they say: Baqi' al-Gharqad.
وإنما سمي به (لأنه كان منبتها)
It was named so because it was a place where it grew.
كما كان منبت الغرقد
Just as it was a place where al-Gharqad grew.
أو كان منبتها
Or it was its place of growth.
أو هو بجيمين
Or it is with two jeems.
كما أشرنا لذلك في جبب، فراجعه
As we indicated for that in the root J-B-B, refer to it.
وقد أعاده المصنف أيضا في بقع كما سيأتي
And the author also repeated it under the root B-Q-' as will come.