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جلن

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with onomatopoeia, specifically the sound of a large door opening or closing. It also includes a derived term used as a title or nickname for a group of people, particularly in Morocco.

Derived headwords

جِلِنْبِلِقnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of a doorclassical

    An onomatopoeic word representing the sound of a large, double-doored gate opening and closing. One side makes a 'jaln' sound, and the other makes a 'balq' sound.

جِلُنnoun
  1. 1.
    nicknamemodern

    A title or nickname given to a group of people, particularly in Morocco.

جِلُنname
  1. 1.
    person's namemodern

    A proper name, specifically referring to Muhammad ibn Jalun al-Fasi, known as 'al-Qamus'.

Parallel reading

جلنبلق: (حكاية صوت باب) ضخم (ذي مصراعين) في حال فتحه وإغلاقه
Jalanbaliq: (an imitation of the sound of a door) large (with two leaves) in its opening and closing.
يرد أحدهما فيقول جلن
one of them is pushed and it says 'jaln'.
ويرد الآخر فيقول بلق
and the other is pushed and it says 'balq'.
فتفتحه طورا وطورا تجيفه
So you open it one time and another time you let it swing.
فتسمع في الحالين منه جلن بلق
And in both cases, you hear from it 'jaln balq'.
جِلُن، كتنور: لقب جماعة بالمغرب.
Jalun, like tunur: a nickname for a group in Morocco.
وشيخ مشايخنا محمد بن جلون الفاسي، بالضم، الملقب بقاموس لتولعه به، كان إماما لغويا
And the shaykh of our shaykhs, Muhammad ibn Jalun al-Fasi, with dammah, nicknamed 'al-Qamus' due to his passion for it, was a linguistic imam.