طنجر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a type of cooking pot, specifically a large, deep one, often made of copper. It also extends metaphorically to describe someone who is cowardly or base, possibly due to their sedentary, domestic lifestyle associated with using such pots.

Derived headwords

الطَنْجِيرnoun

1.
large cooking potboth
A large, deep cooking pot, often made of copper. It is considered a loanword from Persian.

طَنْجَرَةnoun

1.
large cooking potboth
Synonymous with الطنجير, referring to a large cooking pot.

الصُّنْجِيرnoun

1.
cowardclassical
A term used to refer to a cowardly person.
2.
base personclassical
A term used to refer to a base or ignoble person.

Parallel reading

الطنجير، بالكسر

The tanjir, with kasra

وهو معروف

and it is well-known

معرب فارسي

a Persian loanword

الطنجرة بمعناه

The tanjarah has the same meaning.

الصنجير كناية عن الجبان

The sunjir is a metaphor for the coward

أو اللئيم

or the base person

هاكذا تستعمله العرب في زماننا

This is how Arabs use it in our time

وكأنهم يعنون به الحضري الملازم أكله في قدور النحاس وصحونه

and it is as if they mean by it the sedentary person who habitually eats from copper pots and their dishes

بخلاف البدو

unlike the Bedouins.