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صنج

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to musical instruments, particularly those with strings or percussion, and by extension, to sounds and actions associated with them. It also extends to metaphorical uses concerning people and their actions, as well as specific geographical locations and objects.

Derived headwords

الصُّنْجnoun
  1. 1.
    percussion instrumentboth

    A thing made of brass, where one piece is struck against another. This is the instrument known to the Arabs.

  2. 2.
    stringed instrumentclassical

    A stringed instrument that is played. This sense is considered foreign (mu'arrab) and specific to non-Arabs, although Arabs have used it.

  3. 3.
    musical instrumentclassical

    A stringed instrument that is played with, often associated with entertainment.

الصُّنْجnoun
  1. 1.
    peopleclassical

    Used metaphorically to refer to people, as in 'I don't know which 'sanj' it is,' meaning 'I don't know which kind of people it is.'

الصُّنْجnoun
  1. 1.
    bowlsclassical

    Bowls made of 'shiza' (a type of pottery or material).

الصُّنْجnoun
  1. 1.
    scale panboth

    The pan of a scale or balance. This is a foreign loanword (mu'arrab).

الصُّنُوجnoun
  1. 1.
    scale pansboth

    Plural of 'sanjah' (scale pan).

الصِّنَّاجnoun
  1. 1.
    playerclassical

    One who plays the stringed instrument ('sanj').

الصِّنَّاجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    playerclassical

    One who plays the stringed instrument ('sanj').

  2. 2.
    luminousclassical

    Describing a bright, moonlit night. However, this is noted as a potential corruption of 'siyajah' (صياجة).

  3. 3.
    woman with a 'sanj'classical

    A woman who possesses or plays the 'sanj' instrument.

الصِّنَّاجَةname
  1. 1.
    nicknameclassical

    The nickname 'Sinnajat al-'Arab' (صناجة العرب), meaning 'The Lute-Player of the Arabs,' given to a poet for his excellence in poetry.

الأَصْنُوجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dough dumplingsclassical

    Dumplings made of dough.

صَنَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    to strikeclassical

    To strike with a stick.

صَنَّجَ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to throw downclassical

    To throw someone down or to fell them.

تَصْنِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    throwing downclassical

    The act of throwing someone down or felling them.

صَنُوجًاverb
  1. 1.
    to returnclassical

    To return each person to their origin.

صِنْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name located between the regions of Madharru and Bakr.

سِنْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    scale panboth

    The pan of a scale or balance. This is considered a more correct and eloquent form than 'sanjah'.

صِنْج النَّاسnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of peopleclassical

    The collective sound or noise made by people.

صِنْج الجِنّnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of jinnclassical

    The sound made by jinn, often described as a playful or joyous noise.

صِنَّاجَةadjective
  1. 1.
    having a 'sanj'classical

    Describing a woman who has a 'sanj' instrument.

ابن الصِّنَاجname
  1. 1.
    person's nameclassical

    A name referring to Yusuf bin Abd al-Azim, a hadith narrator.

صِنْجَة المِيزَانnoun
  1. 1.
    scale panboth

    The pan of a balance or scale, considered a loanword.

Parallel reading

الصنج: شيء يتخذ من صفر يضرب أحدهما على الآخر
The 'sanj': a thing made of brass, where one piece is struck against another.
وهو الذي يعرفه العرب
And it is what the Arabs know.
وهو أيضا آلة ذو أوتار يضرب بها
And it is also an instrument with strings that is played.
فأما الصنج ذو الأوتار فدخيل (معرب)، يختص به العجم، وقد تكلمت به العرب.
As for the stringed 'sanj', it is foreign (loanword), specific to non-Arabs, although the Arabs have used it.
واللاعب به الصناج والصناجة.
And the one who plays it is the 'sannaj' and 'sannajah'.
ومستجيبا تخال الصنج يسمعه إذا ترجع فيه القينة الفضل
And responsive, you would think the 'sanj' hears it when the singer repeats the refrain.
قل لسوار إذا ما جئته وابن علاثه زاد في الصنج عبيد الله أوتارا ثلاثه
Say to Suwar when you come to him and Ibn Alathah: Ubayd Allah added three strings to the 'sanj'.
ما أدري أي صنج هو: أي أي الناس
I don't know which 'sanj' it is: meaning, which kind of people it is.
والصنج بضمتين: قصاع الشيزى
And 'sanj' (with two dammah): bowls of 'shiza'.
والأصنوجة، بالضم: الدوالقة من العجين
And 'asnoojah', with dammah: dumplings of dough.
وأعشى بني قيس كان يقال له: صناجة العرب، لجودة شعره
And A'sha bin Qays, he was called: 'Sinnajat al-'Arab', for the excellence of his poetry.
وابن الصناج: يوسف بن عبد العظيم، محدث
And Ibn al-Sannaj: Yusuf bin Abd al-Azim, a hadith narrator.
وصنج الناس صنوجا: رد كلا إلى أصله
And 'sannaja' al-nas 'sannujan': he returned each one to his origin.
وبالصنج: بالعصا ضرب بها
And 'sannaja': he struck with a stick.
وصنج به تصنيجا: صرعه
And 'sannaja bihi tasnijan': he threw him down.
وصنجة: نر بين ديار مضرو وديار بكر
And 'Sanjah': a place name between the lands of Madharru and Bakr.
وصنجة الميزان معربة ولا تقل بالسين
And 'sanjat al-mizan' is a loanword, and do not say it with 'seen'.
والسين أعرب وأفصح، فهما لغتان
And the 'seen' is more eloquent and more correct, for they are two languages.
سنجة الميزان معرب، والجمع سنجات، مثل سجدة وسجدات، وسنج، مثل قصعة وقصع
The 'sanjat al-mizan' is a loanword, and its plural is 'sanjat', like 'sajdah' and 'sajadat', and 'sanj', like 'qas'ah' and 'qasa'.
امرأة صناجة: ذات صنج
A 'sannajah' woman: one who possesses a 'sanj'.
إذا شئت غنتني دهاقين قرية وصناجة تجذو على كل منسم
If you wish, the farmers of a village will sing to me, and a 'sannajah' will play on every hoof.
وصنج الجن: صوتها
And 'sanj al-jinn': their sound.
تبيت الغول تهرج وصنج الجن من طرب يهيم
The ghoul spends the night playing, and the sound of the jinn is from ecstatic joy.