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كجج

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses a children's game involving a makeshift ball, and related terms. It also includes proper names derived from the root, and a term for gypsum.

Derived headwords

الكُجَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    gameboth

    A game played by children where a boy takes a rag, rolls it up, and makes it like a ball, then gambles with it.

كُجَّverb
  1. 1.
    to playboth

    The act of playing with the 'kujjah' (the makeshift ball game).

الكُجْكُجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dog's anus gameclassical

    A game called 'the bitch's anus'. In the city, it is called 'al-baksah'.

كُجّname
  1. 1.
    Qutaybah bin Kajjboth

    A hadith narrator from Bukhara, who was reliable and narrated hadith. He died in 292 AH.

الكُجّnoun
  1. 1.
    gypsumboth

    Gypsum, a loanword from other languages.

الكُجِّيّname
  1. 1.
    al-Kajjiboth

    A nisba (attribution) given to Abu Muslim Ibrahim bin Abdullah bin Muslim because he built a house in Basra with gypsum ('kajj') and frequently mentioned it.

الكُشِّيّ الكُجِّيّname
  1. 1.
    al-Kashshi al-Kajjiboth

    A double attribution. His grandfather Muslim was the son of Bagher bin Kash, hence 'al-Kashshi'. He is also called 'al-Kajji' due to his association with gypsum. It is important to note this to avoid confusion with 'al-Kash', which is not a Persianization of 'kajj'.

كُجّname
  1. 1.
    Yusuf bin Ahmad bin Kajjboth

    A judge and a leading Shafi'i scholar. He was met by the hadith scholar Abu Ali al-Sanjusi, who recognized his knowledge and merit. He was killed by brigands in Dinawar in 405 AH.

Parallel reading

يأخذ الصبي خرقة فيدورها ويجعلها كأنها كرة ثم يتقامر بها
A boy takes a rag, rolls it up, and makes it like a ball, then gambles with it.
وكج الصبي: لعب بها
And the boy played: he played with it.
في كل شيء قمار حتى في لعب الصبيان بالكجة
In everything there is gambling, even in the children's game of 'al-kujjah'.
والكجكجة: لعبة تسمى است الكلبة
And 'al-kujkajah': a game called the bitch's anus.
وفي الحضر يقال لها: البكسة
And in the city it is called: 'al-baksah'.
وقتيبة بن كج، بالضم، بخاري محدث
And Qutaybah bin Kajj, with dammah, a hadith narrator from Bukhara.
والكج: هو الجص، معرب
And 'al-kajj': it is gypsum, a loanword.
بنى دارا بالبصرة بالكج فقيل له: الكجي، لإكثاره ذكره
He built a house in Basra with gypsum ('kajj'), so he was called: 'al-Kajji', because he mentioned it frequently.
وأما نسبه إلى الكش، فإن جده مسلما هو ابن باغر بن كش، فهو الكشي الكجي فليتنبه لذالك
As for his attribution to al-Kash, his grandfather Muslim is the son of Bagher bin Kash, so he is al-Kashshi al-Kajji; let one be alerted to that.
فإنه ربما يتوهم من لا معرفة له أن الكش تعريب كج
For one who lacks knowledge might perhaps imagine that 'al-Kash' is a Persianization of 'kajj'.
يوسف بن أحمد بن كج القاضي، بالفتح
Yusuf bin Ahmad bin Kajj the judge, with fatha.
فقال: يا أستاذ، الاسم لأبي حامد، والعلم لك؟
He said: 'O master, the name belongs to Abu Hamid, and the knowledge to you?'
فقال: رفعته بغداد، وحطتني الدينور
He replied: 'Baghdad elevated me, and Dinawar humbled me.'
قتله العيارون بها سنة 405
Brigands killed him there in the year 405 AH.