جلحن

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe someone who is stingy and tight-fisted. It is related to the concept of being miserly and unwilling to spend.

Derived headwords

الجِلْحِنnoun

1.
stingy personclassical
A person characterized by extreme stinginess and miserliness.

الجِلْحَانnoun

1.
stingy personclassical
A person characterized by extreme stinginess and miserliness.

الجلحن والجلحان، بكسرهما والحاء مهملة

Al-jilḥin and al-jilḥān, with kasra on both, and the ḥā is unpointed.

وهما (الضيق البخيل)

And they are (the narrow-fisted, the stingy).

وكأنه من جلح والنون زائدة

And it is as if it is from [the root] jalaḥa, and the nūn is an addition.