زنجر

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with a type of fish, a specific white discoloration on the fingernails of young people, and a gesture involving the fingernails. It also includes a term for a copper-related substance.

Derived headwords

زنجار، بالكسرnoun

1.
verdigrisboth
The green or bluish-green incrustation formed on copper or brass by oxidation, especially when exposed to air or sea water.

زنجورnoun

1.
type of fishclassical
A kind of fish, also referred to as 'al-zujūr', whose authenticity as a term is questioned.

الزنجير والزنجيرة، بكسرهماnoun

1.
white on fingernailsboth
The white discoloration that appears on the fingernails of young people.

زنجرverb

1.
to tap fingernailsclassical
To tap the fingernail of the thumb against the fingernail of the index finger.

الزنجيرnoun

1.
the tapping soundclassical
The name of the sound produced by tapping the fingernails together.
2.
fingernail clippingclassical
A fingernail clipping, considered a foreign loanword.

الزنجيرةnoun

1.
part of fingernailclassical
What is taken from the tip of the thumb by the edge of the tooth when someone says 'I have nothing from you'.

زنقيرnoun

1.
fingernail clippingclassical
A fingernail clipping, similar to 'al-zanjīr', considered a foreign loanword.

زنكار، بالفتحnoun

1.
verdigris (loanword)classical
The original Persian word for verdigris, which was Arabized and changed to have a kasra.

Parallel reading

وهو اسم (د) ، نقله الصاغاني.

It is a noun (d), transmitted by al-Saghani.

وهي الزجور التي تقدم عن ابن دريد أنه ليس بثبت.

And it is the 'zujūr' which Ibn Duraid mentioned as not being firmly established.

والزنجيرة، بكسرهما: البياض الذي على أظفار الأحداث.

And 'al-zanjīrah', with a kasra for both: the whiteness that is on the fingernails of young people.

ويسمى أيضا الفوف والوبش، قاله أبو زيد.

It is also called 'al-fūf' and 'al-wabash', said Abu Zayd.

زنجر فلان لك إذا قال بظفر إبهامه ووضعها على ظفر سبابته ثم قرع بينهما في قوله: ولا مثل هاذا.

So-and-so 'zanjara' for you if he took his thumb's nail and placed it on his index finger's nail, then tapped them together in his saying: 'And there is nothing like this'.

واسم ذالك الزنجير.

And the name of that is 'al-zanjīr'.

فأرسلت إلى سلمى بأن النفس مشغوفه فما جادت لنا سلمى بزنجير ولا فوفه.

So I sent to Salma that my soul is infatuated, but Salma did not grant us 'zanjīr' nor 'fūf'.

الزنجيرة: ما يأخذ طرف الإبهام من رأس السن إذا قال: مالك عندي شيء ولا ذه.

Al-zanjīrah: what is taken from the tip of the thumb by the edge of the tooth when one says: 'You have nothing from me, nor did I go'.

الزنجير: قلامة الظفر، كالزنقير، وهما دخيلان.

Al-zanjīr: a fingernail clipping, like 'al-zanqīr', and they are both foreign loanwords.

وزنجار، بالكسر، هو المتولد في معادن النحاس.

And 'zanjār', with a kasra, is what is generated in copper mines.

وأقواه المتخذ من التوبال، وهو معرب زنكار، بالفتح، وغير إلى الكسر حال التعريب.

And the strongest of it is that which is made from 'tubāl', and it is the Arabized form of 'zankār', with a fatha, and it was changed to a kasra upon Arabization.

وتفصيله في كتب الطب.

And its details are in the books of medicine.