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سبنج

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root entry discusses a specific type of garment or covering, likely made from fox fur, and its associated color. The primary term appears to be a loanword with debated etymologies and meanings related to color.

Derived headwords

السَّبَنْجُونَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Fox fur garmentclassical

    A garment or covering made from fox skins, specifically mentioned as being owned by Al-Hasan ibn Ali.

  2. 2.
    Sky-blue colorclassical

    A color described as being like the sky, possibly with a greenish hue, derived from a Persian loanword.

آسْمَان كُونother
  1. 1.
    Sky colorclassical

    A Persian term meaning 'color of the sky', cited as a possible origin for 'سبنجونة'.

جونother
  1. 1.
    Greenish hueclassical

    A term possibly related to the color green, used in conjunction with 'sky' to describe a color.

Parallel reading

السبنجونة بفتح السين والموحدة، وسكون النون، وضم الجيم
Al-sabanjūnah, with fathah on the sin and the mīm, sukūn on the nūn, and dammah on the jīm.
روي أن الحسن بن علي رضي الله عنه كانت له سبنجونة من جلود الثعالب
It is narrated that Al-Hasan ibn Ali, may God be pleased with him, had a sabanjūnah made from fox skins.
كان إذا صلى لم يلبسها
When he prayed, he did not wear it.
سألت محمد بن بشار عنها، فقال: فروة من الثعالب، معرب آسمان كون
I asked Muhammad ibn Bishār about it, and he said: 'A fur of foxes, a loanword from āsmān kūn'.
أي لون السماء
Meaning the color of the sky.
وسألت أبا حاتم فقال: كان يذهب إلى لون الخضرة
And I asked Abū Hātim, and he said: 'It tended towards a greenish color'.
آسمان جون ونحوه
'Āsmān jūn' and the like.