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ونج

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses musical instruments, specifically stringed instruments, and also refers to a place name in Persia and another in Yamama.

Derived headwords

الْوَنَجnoun
  1. 1.
    stringed instrumentclassical

    A type of stringed instrument, possibly derived from the Persian word 'sanj' (cymbal) or referring to a lute-like instrument.

  2. 2.
    Persian instrumentclassical

    A Persian musical instrument, possibly a lute or lyre, which is an Arabized loanword.

الْوَنَجname
  1. 1.
    place in Nasafclassical

    A place name in Nasaf, which is an Arabized form of the Persian word 'vaneh'.

وَنَجِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    from/related to Nasafclassical

    A nisba (adjective of relation) indicating origin from or relation to the place called al-Wanaj in Nasaf.

الْوَانِجَةname
  1. 1.
    village in Yamamaclassical

    A village in Yamama, located in the region of al-Hajar, belonging to the Banu 'Ubayd ibn Tha'laba of the Banu Hanifa tribe.

Parallel reading

الْوَنَج، محركة: ضرب من الأوتار
Al-wanaj, with harakat: a type of stringed instrument.
أو من الصنج ذي الأوتار
Or from the cymbal with strings.
أو المزهر
Or the lyre.
فارسي معرب
Persian, Arabized.
أصله ونه
Its origin is 'vaneh'.
والعرب قالت: الون، بتشديد النون
And the Arabs said: al-wan, with a shadda on the noon.
الْوَنَج: ة بنسف، معرب ونه
Al-wanaj: a place in Nasaf, Arabized 'vaneh'.
والنسبة إليها - ونجي
And the nisba to it is - wanajiyy.
منها أبو محمد عبد الصمد بن محمد بن جعفر
From it is Abu Muhammad Abd al-Samad ibn Muhammad ibn Ja'far.
ومما يستدرك عليه: الوانجة.
And among what is to be added: al-Wanja.
من قرى اليمامة
From the villages of Yamama.
وهي نخيلات لبني عبيد بن ثعلبة من بني حنيفة
And it is palm groves belonging to Banu 'Ubayd ibn Tha'laba from Banu Hanifa.
وهي من حجر اليمامة؛ كذا في (المعجم)
And it is from Hajar of Yamama; thus it is in (al-Mu'jam).