عرجون

Arabic

Root
ع ر ج (ʕ-r-j)

Noun

عَرْجُون or عُرْجُون • (ʕarjūn or ʕurjūn) m (plural عَرَاجِين (ʕarājīn))

1. raceme, twig of a palm with fruits curved around it, palm-branch girdled with dates

   Synonym: عِذْق (ʕiḏq)

   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 55:94:

     أَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي مَسْجِدِنَا هَذَا وَفِي يَدِهِ عُرْجُونُ ٱبْنِ طَابٍ فَرَأَى فِي قِبْلَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ نُخَامَةً فَحَكَّهَا بِالْعُرْجُونِ

     ʔatānā rasūlu l-lahi ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama fī masjidinā haḏā wafī yadihi ʕurjūnu bni ṭābin faraʔā fī qiblati l-masjidi nuḵāmatan faḥakkahā bi-l-ʕurjūni

     Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to us in this mosque and he had in his hand the branch of an Ibn-Ṭab date palm and he saw slime in the qibla of the mosque and he abraded it with the help of the twig.

2. Podaxis pistillaris and Podaxis gen.

Declension

Declension of noun عَرْجُون (ʕarjūn)‎; عُرْجُون (ʕurjūn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَرْجُون‎; عُرْجُون ʕarjūn‎; ʕurjūn	الْعَرْجُون‎; الْعُرْجُون al-ʕarjūn‎; al-ʕurjūn	عَرْجُون‎; عُرْجُون ʕarjūn‎; ʕurjūn
Nominative	عَرْجُونٌ‎; عُرْجُونٌ ʕarjūnun‎; ʕurjūnun	الْعَرْجُونُ‎; الْعُرْجُونُ al-ʕarjūnu‎; al-ʕurjūnu	عَرْجُونُ‎; عُرْجُونُ ʕarjūnu‎; ʕurjūnu
Accusative	عَرْجُونًا‎; عُرْجُونًا ʕarjūnan‎; ʕurjūnan	الْعَرْجُونَ‎; الْعُرْجُونَ al-ʕarjūna‎; al-ʕurjūna	عَرْجُونَ‎; عُرْجُونَ ʕarjūna‎; ʕurjūna
Genitive	عَرْجُونٍ‎; عُرْجُونٍ ʕarjūnin‎; ʕurjūnin	الْعَرْجُونِ‎; الْعُرْجُونِ al-ʕarjūni‎; al-ʕurjūni	عَرْجُونِ‎; عُرْجُونِ ʕarjūni‎; ʕurjūni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَرْجُونَيْن‎; عُرْجُونَيْن ʕarjūnayn‎; ʕurjūnayn	الْعَرْجُونَيْن‎; الْعُرْجُونَيْن al-ʕarjūnayn‎; al-ʕurjūnayn	عَرْجُونَيْ‎; عُرْجُونَيْ ʕarjūnay‎; ʕurjūnay
Nominative	عَرْجُونَانِ‎; عُرْجُونَانِ ʕarjūnāni‎; ʕurjūnāni	الْعَرْجُونَانِ‎; الْعُرْجُونَانِ al-ʕarjūnāni‎; al-ʕurjūnāni	عَرْجُونَا‎; عُرْجُونَا ʕarjūnā‎; ʕurjūnā
Accusative	عَرْجُونَيْنِ‎; عُرْجُونَيْنِ ʕarjūnayni‎; ʕurjūnayni	الْعَرْجُونَيْنِ‎; الْعُرْجُونَيْنِ al-ʕarjūnayni‎; al-ʕurjūnayni	عَرْجُونَيْ‎; عُرْجُونَيْ ʕarjūnay‎; ʕurjūnay
Genitive	عَرْجُونَيْنِ‎; عُرْجُونَيْنِ ʕarjūnayni‎; ʕurjūnayni	الْعَرْجُونَيْنِ‎; الْعُرْجُونَيْنِ al-ʕarjūnayni‎; al-ʕurjūnayni	عَرْجُونَيْ‎; عُرْجُونَيْ ʕarjūnay‎; ʕurjūnay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَرَاجِين ʕarājīn	الْعَرَاجِين al-ʕarājīn	عَرَاجِين ʕarājīn
Nominative	عَرَاجِينُ ʕarājīnu	الْعَرَاجِينُ al-ʕarājīnu	عَرَاجِينُ ʕarājīnu
Accusative	عَرَاجِينَ ʕarājīna	الْعَرَاجِينَ al-ʕarājīna	عَرَاجِينَ ʕarājīna
Genitive	عَرَاجِينَ ʕarājīna	الْعَرَاجِينِ al-ʕarājīni	عَرَاجِينِ ʕarājīni

Derived terms

• عَرْجَنَ (ʕarjana, “to strike with a عُرْجُون (ʕurjūn); to smear with a عُرْجُون (ʕurjūn)”)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “عرجون”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1997
• Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 128, 142, 327
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “عرجون”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 826