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دذن

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to specific types of trees and possibly wooden objects derived from them. The primary term refers to a type of cedar wood used for making torches or lamps.

Derived headwords

الدَّاذِينnoun
  1. 1.
    Torches made of cedar woodclassical

    Torches made from cedar wood, used for illumination. They are described as being found in the Najd region of Arabia, from a tree called 'al-muth'.

دَاذِنnoun
  1. 1.
    Cedar woodclassical

    A type of wood from the cedar tree, specifically mentioned as the material for 'al-dadheen'.

Parallel reading

الداذين: مناور من خشب الأرز يستصبح بها، وهي بنجد ببلاد العرب من شجر المظ؛ كذا ذكره في اللسان.
Al-Dadheen: torches made of cedar wood used for illumination, and they are from the tree Al-Muth in Najd, in the lands of the Arabs; this is how it was mentioned in Al-Lisan.