بذج

Arabic

Etymology

Considered a word of foreign origin, which would appear Himyaritic or Old South Arabian according to the current distribution and the reoccurring of the pattern of بُذَج (buḏaj) in triliteral root formulae, like تُبَّع (tubbaʕ, “king in ancient Yemen”) or لِبَخ (libaḵ) or نِطَع (niṭaʕ), but ultimately it could have its cause in Proto-Iranian *bujáh (“goat”) being suffixed diminutive *-akah in later Middle Iranian, compare Old Armenian բզաք (bzakʻ) and բուծ (buc, “lamb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ðad͡ʒ/, /bu.ðad͡ʒ/

Noun

بَذَج or بُذَج • (baḏaj or buḏaj) m (feminine بَذَجَة (baḏaja) or بُذَجَة (buḏaja))

1. (now southern Yemen Tihama) lamb (child of a sheep but not goat)
   • 8th century, أبو طالب المأموني, ورب سوس من الاترج (first line)‎^[1]:

     ورب سوس من الاترج … متقد اللون اتقاد السرج
     يعوم من انائه في مزج … مجت عليه النحل أي مج
     فقام من رضابها في لج … بظاهر كقطع الخلنج
     أو العقار اعتللت بالمزج … غصت به فوهاء مثل البذج

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Declension

Declension of noun بَذَج (baḏaj)‎; بُذَج (buḏaj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَذَج‎; بُذَج baḏaj‎; buḏaj	الْبَذَج‎; الْبُذَج al-baḏaj‎; al-buḏaj	بَذَج‎; بُذَج baḏaj‎; buḏaj
Nominative	بَذَجٌ‎; بُذَجٌ baḏajun‎; buḏajun	الْبَذَجُ‎; الْبُذَجُ al-baḏaju‎; al-buḏaju	بَذَجُ‎; بُذَجُ baḏaju‎; buḏaju
Accusative	بَذَجًا‎; بُذَجًا baḏajan‎; buḏajan	الْبَذَجَ‎; الْبُذَجَ al-baḏaja‎; al-buḏaja	بَذَجَ‎; بُذَجَ baḏaja‎; buḏaja
Genitive	بَذَجٍ‎; بُذَجٍ baḏajin‎; buḏajin	الْبَذَجِ‎; الْبُذَجِ al-baḏaji‎; al-buḏaji	بَذَجِ‎; بُذَجِ baḏaji‎; buḏaji

References

• Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 255–263
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “بذج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 98b
• Hommel, Fritz (1879) Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen‎^[3] (in German), Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, pages 237–238