نافجة

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Arabic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ن ف ج (n-f-j)

Noun[edit]

نَافِجَة (nāfijaf (plural نَوَافِج (nawāfij)) (obsolete)

  1. violence, fury
  2. the vehement beginning of anything
  3. a violently blowing wind
  4. a supernumerary rib
  5. daughter (due to the bridewealth the father receives)
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From the Middle Persian ancestor of Persian نافه (nâfe).

Noun[edit]

نَافِجَة (nāfijaf (plural نَوَافِج (nawāfij))

  1. musk bag, the gland of the musk deer
  2. musk ball, perfume flask particularly of silver or copper to store musk
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References[edit]

  • Asbaghi, Asya (1988) Persische Lehnwörter im Arabischen[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 257
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “نافجة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 309b
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “نافجة”, 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[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1304b
  • Wahrmund, Adolf (1887) “نافجة”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache[4] (in German), volume 2, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 970a
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نافجة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1152