عجان

Arabic

Root
ع ج ن (ʕ-j-n)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕi.d͡ʒaːn/

Noun

عِجَان • (ʕijān) m (plural عُجُن (ʕujun) or أَعْجِنَة (ʔaʕjina))

1. perineum

Declension

Declension of noun عِجَان (ʕijān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عِجَان ʕijān	الْعِجَان al-ʕijān	عِجَان ʕijān
Nominative	عِجَانٌ ʕijānun	الْعِجَانُ al-ʕijānu	عِجَانُ ʕijānu
Accusative	عِجَانًا ʕijānan	الْعِجَانَ al-ʕijāna	عِجَانَ ʕijāna
Genitive	عِجَانٍ ʕijānin	الْعِجَانِ al-ʕijāni	عِجَانِ ʕijāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عِجَانَيْن ʕijānayn	الْعِجَانَيْن al-ʕijānayn	عِجَانَيْ ʕijānay
Nominative	عِجَانَانِ ʕijānāni	الْعِجَانَانِ al-ʕijānāni	عِجَانَا ʕijānā
Accusative	عِجَانَيْنِ ʕijānayni	الْعِجَانَيْنِ al-ʕijānayni	عِجَانَيْ ʕijānay
Genitive	عِجَانَيْنِ ʕijānayni	الْعِجَانَيْنِ al-ʕijānayni	عِجَانَيْ ʕijānay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُجُن‎; أَعْجِنَة ʕujun‎; ʔaʕjina	الْعُجُن‎; الْأَعْجِنَة al-ʕujun‎; al-ʔaʕjina	عُجُن‎; أَعْجِنَة ʕujun‎; ʔaʕjinat
Nominative	عُجُنٌ‎; أَعْجِنَةٌ ʕujunun‎; ʔaʕjinatun	الْعُجُنُ‎; الْأَعْجِنَةُ al-ʕujunu‎; al-ʔaʕjinatu	عُجُنُ‎; أَعْجِنَةُ ʕujunu‎; ʔaʕjinatu
Accusative	عُجُنًا‎; أَعْجِنَةً ʕujunan‎; ʔaʕjinatan	الْعُجُنَ‎; الْأَعْجِنَةَ al-ʕujuna‎; al-ʔaʕjinata	عُجُنَ‎; أَعْجِنَةَ ʕujuna‎; ʔaʕjinata
Genitive	عُجُنٍ‎; أَعْجِنَةٍ ʕujunin‎; ʔaʕjinatin	الْعُجُنِ‎; الْأَعْجِنَةِ al-ʕujuni‎; al-ʔaʕjinati	عُجُنِ‎; أَعْجِنَةِ ʕujuni‎; ʔaʕjinati

Derived terms

• عِجَانِيّ (ʕijāniyy, “related to the perineum”)

References

• “عجان” in Almaany
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “عجان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 116
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “عجان”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 185
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “عجان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1968
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “عجان”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 816

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عِجَان (ʕijān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)i.ˈd͡ʒɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)ɪ.d͡ʒɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)ɪ.d͡ʒɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [()ɪ.d͡ʒɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [()i.d͡ʒɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)e.d͡ʒɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)i.d͡ʒɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	(')ijān
Dari reading?	(')ijān
Iranian reading?	(')ejân
Tajik reading?	(ʾ)ijon

Noun

عجان • ('ejân)

1. (anatomy) perineum

Synonyms

• میاندوراه (miyândorâh)
• پرینه (perine)

Derived terms

• عجانی ('ejâni)