يلنجوج
Arabic
Alternative forms
- يَلَنْجَج (yalanjaj), يَلَنْجِيج (yalanjīj), أَلَنْجُوج (ʔalanjūj), أَلَنْجَج (ʔalanjaj), أَلَنْجِيج (ʔalanjīj), يَنْجُوج (yanjūj), أَنْجُوج (ʔanjūj)
Etymology
Akin to Ancient Greek ἀγάλοχον (agálokhon). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ja.lan.d͡ʒuːd͡ʒ/
Noun
يَلَنْجُوج • (yalanjūj) m
- (obsolete) aloeswood, agalloch
- a. 710, الأخطل, “وقال يمدح الوليد”, in P.A. Salhani S.J., editor, Dîwân al-Aḫṭal: texte arabe publié pour la première fois d'après le manuscrit de St. Pétersbourg et annoté, published 1891, page 264:
- لَا يَصْطَلِينَ دُخَانَ ٱلنَّارِ شَاتِيةً … إِلَّا بِعُودِ يَلَنْجُوجٍ عَلَى فَحْمِ
- lā yaṣṭalīna duḵāna n-nāri šātiyatan … ʔillā biʕūdi yalanjūjin ʕalā faḥmi
- They shall not create warmth by the cold roke of the fire, but by eaglewood on coals.
- a. 1229, Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, كتاب معجم البلدان [kitāb muʿjam al-buldān][1], volume 1, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1866, page 854, line 11:
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | يَلَنْجُوج yalanjūj |
الْيَلَنْجُوج al-yalanjūj |
يَلَنْجُوج yalanjūj |
| nominative | يَلَنْجُوجٌ yalanjūjun |
الْيَلَنْجُوجُ al-yalanjūju |
يَلَنْجُوجُ yalanjūju |
| accusative | يَلَنْجُوجًا yalanjūjan |
الْيَلَنْجُوجَ al-yalanjūja |
يَلَنْجُوجَ yalanjūja |
| genitive | يَلَنْجُوجٍ yalanjūjin |
الْيَلَنْجُوجِ al-yalanjūji |
يَلَنْجُوجِ yalanjūji |
Derived terms
- يَلَنْجُوجِيّ (yalanjūjiyy)
Further reading
- Ullmann, Manfred (1973–1983) Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache. Band II (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, pages 225–226, referencing many attestations