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خنبج

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes largeness, bulkiness, and coarseness. It extends to terms for large objects, large or stout people, and even large lice. It also has a specific meaning related to buried containers, possibly of Persian origin.

Derived headwords

خَنَبَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to be largeclassical

    To be large, bulky, or massive.

خُنْبُجadjective
  1. 1.
    largeclassical

    Describing something as large, bulky, or massive.

  2. 2.
    ill-temperedclassical

    Describing a person as having bad character or being ill-tempered.

خَنَابِجnoun
  1. 1.
    large thingsclassical

    Plural of خنبج, referring to large or bulky things.

  2. 2.
    large liceclassical

    A term for large lice.

خَنْبَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    large louseclassical

    A large louse.

  2. 2.
    buried containerclassical

    A buried jar or container, possibly of Persian origin.

خَنْبَجَةadjective
  1. 1.
    stout and largeclassical

    Describing a woman as stout, plump, and large.

خَنْبَجnoun
  1. 1.
    large hillclassical

    Describing a hill or elevated ground as large and massive.

خَنَابِجnoun
  1. 1.
    buried jarsclassical

    Referring to jars or containers buried in the ground, mentioned in the context of prohibition of wine.

خُنْبُجnoun
  1. 1.
    liceclassical

    A term for lice, as stated by Al-Asma'i.

خَنْبَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    jarclassical

    A jar, also referred to as a buried jar (الخابية المدفونة).

خَنْبَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    large louseclassical

    A large louse.

خَنْبَجname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Khunbajclassical

    A name of a person, Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Khunbaj al-Tamimi al-Bukhari.

Parallel reading

الخنبج والخنابج: الضخم.
Al-khunbaj and al-khanabij: the large/bulky.
والخنبج: السيىء الخلق.
And al-khunbaj: the ill-tempered.
وامرأة خنبجة: مكتنزة ضخمة.
And a khanjaba woman: stout and large.
وهضبة خنبج: عظيمة.
And a khanjaba hill: great/large.
والخنبجة: القملة الضخمة
And al-khanbajatu: the large louse
الخنبج بالخاء والجيم القمل
Al-khunbaj with kha and jim: lice
الخنبجة، وهي الدن، وهي الخابية المدفونة
Al-khanbajatu, which is the jar, which is the buried skin-container
حكاه أبو حنيفة عن أبي عمرو
Abu Hanifa narrated it from Abu Amr.
وهي فارسية معربة
And it is an Arabized Persian word.
ذكر الخنابج، قيل: هي حباب تدس في الأرض.
Mentioned al-khanabij, it was said: they are jars hidden in the earth.
أبو الحسن علي بن أحمد بن خنباج التميم البخاري، روى عن أبي بكر الإسماعيلي، وعنه عبد العزيز بن محمد النخشبي الحافظ.
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Khunbaj al-Tamimi al-Bukhari, narrated from Abu Bakr al-Isma'ili, and from him, Abd al-Aziz ibn Muhammad al-Nakhshabi the حافظ.