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دنج

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concepts of firmness, wisdom, and familiarity or commonality. It encompasses terms for the perfection of matters, intelligent individuals, and a learned person, with one term being a Persian loanword.

Derived headwords

الدَّنَاجُnoun
  1. 1.
    perfectionclassical

    The perfection and thoroughness of a matter or affair.

الدُّنْجُnoun
  1. 1.
    wise menclassical

    Intelligent and sensible men.

الدَّانَاجُname
  1. 1.
    the learnedclassical

    A learned person, which is a Persian word (mu'arrab from 'dānā') Arabized by the addition of the letter jim, similar to other such words.

دانجadjective
  1. 1.
    familiarclassical

    Common or familiar, referring to dust stirred by the winds. This meaning was previously discussed under the root 'daraja'.

Parallel reading

إحكام الأمر
The perfection of the matter.
وإتقانه
And its thoroughness.
العقلاء من الرجال
The intelligent men.
العالم
The learned person.
وهو فارسي (معرب دانا)
And it is Persian (Arabized from 'dānā').
عرب بزيادة الجيمه كنظائره
It was Arabized by adding the letter jim, like its counterparts.
لقب عبد الله بن فيروز البصري
The title of Abdullah bin Fayruz al-Basri.
روى عن أبي برزة الأسلمي
He narrated from Abu Barzah al-Aslami.
وتراب دانج
And familiar dust.
دارج
Commonplace.
أتثيره الرياح
Which the winds stir up.
وقد تقدم في درج
And it has been previously mentioned under 'daraja'.
والداناج أيضا لقب محمد بن موسى السرخسي
And 'al-Dānāj' is also the title of Muhammad bin Musa al-Sarakhsi.
والد أبي محمد عبيد
And the father of Muhammad bin Ubaid.
وقد حدث
And he narrated hadith.