سنج

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to soot, particularly from lamps, and by extension, anything that stains or marks. It also encompasses terms for specific locations, weights, and descriptive adjectives for patterns.

Derived headwords

السِّنَاجnoun

1.
sootboth
The black residue left by smoke, especially from a lamp or fire, that stains surfaces like jars or walls.
2.
lampclassical
A term for a lamp, possibly derived from the soot it produces.

سَنَجَverb

1.
to stainboth
To mark or soil something with a color different from its original one, akin to how soot stains.

سِنَاجnoun

1.
sootboth
The black residue left by smoke, especially from a lamp or fire, that stains surfaces like jars or walls.

سَنِيجnoun

1.
lampclassical
A term for a lamp, possibly derived from the soot it produces.

السِّنْجِيُّونname

1.
hadith narratorsclassical
A designation for specific hadith scholars, including Abu Dawud Sulayman bin Ma'bad, Abu Ali al-Husayn bin Muhammad, Muhammad bin Abi Bakr, and Muhammad bin Umar.

سَنْجnoun

1.
a place nameclassical
A location in Bamyan.

سِنْجnoun

1.
a place nameclassical
A location in Marw.

سِنْجَانnoun

1.
a place nameclassical
The capital city of Khurasan.

السِّنْجَةnoun

1.
scale weightboth
The heavier pan or weight of a balance scale, used for weighing.
2.
river nameclassical
The name of a river located in the lands of the Mudar tribe.

سِنْجَةnoun

1.
scale weightboth
The heavier pan or weight of a balance scale, used for weighing.

سِنْجَةnoun

1.
a place nameclassical
The name of a river located in the lands of the Mudar tribe.

سِنْجَةname

1.
a nicknameclassical
A nickname given to Hafs bin Umar al-Raqqi.

السِّنْجَةnoun

1.
spotboth
A spot or blotch, particularly a mottled or speckled mark.

مُسَنَّجadjective

1.
spottedboth
Describing something that is spotted, mottled, or patterned, like a piece of cloth.

سِنْجnoun

1.
spotboth
A spot or blotch, particularly a mottled or speckled mark.

Parallel reading

العناب، عن ابن الأعرابي.

The 'unnāb (jujube fruit), according to Ibn al-A'rabi.

لا بد للسراج من السناج

The lamp inevitably produces soot.

أثر دخان السراج في الجرار و الحائط

The trace of the lamp's smoke on the jars and the wall.

وكل ما لطخته بلون غير لونه فقد سنجته

And whatever you stain with a color other than its own, you have 'sanjtuhu' (stained it).

السناج أيضا: السراج

Al-sanāj also means: the lamp.

كالسنيج

Like al-sanīj.

السنجيون، بالكسر: محدثون

Al-Sanjiyyūn, with a kasra: hadith narrators.

وسنج، بالضم: لا، بباميان

And Sanj, with a damma: a place in Bamyan.

وسنج، بالكسر: ة، بمرو

And Sanj, with a kasra: a place in Marw.

وسنجان، كعمران: قصبة بخراسان

And Sanjān, like 'Imrān: the capital of Khurasan.

اتزن مني بالسنجة الراجحة

It was weighed against me with the heavier scale weight.

سنجة الميزان، مفتوحة، وبالسين أفصح من الصاد

The scale weight of the balance, with a fatha, and using 'sin' is more eloquent than 'sad'.

سنجة الميزان: لغة في صنجته، والسين أفصح

The scale weight of the balance: a variant pronunciation of 'ṣanjatihi', and 'sin' is more eloquent.

سنجة، بالفتح: نهر بديار مضر

Sanjah, with a fatha: a river in the lands of Mudar.

السنجة بالضم: الرقطة، ج سنج كحجر في حجرة

Al-sanjah, with a damma: the spot, plural 'sinj' like 'ḥijr' in 'ḥajrah'.

برد مسنج أي أرقط مخطط

A 'musannaj' garment, meaning spotted or striped.