سجن

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See also: سحن and سخن

Arabic

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Root
س ج ن (s j n)
4 terms

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sid͡ʒn/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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سَجَنَ (sajana) I (non-past يَسْجُنُ (yasjunu), verbal noun سَجْن (sajn))

  1. to confine, to imprison
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:32:
      وَلَئِن لَّمْ يَفْعَلْ مَا آمُرُهُ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُونًا مِّنَ الصَّاغِرِينَ
      walaʔin lam yafʕal mā ʔāmuruhu layusjananna walayakūnan mina ṣ-ṣāḡirīna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to conceal in one's inner

Conjugation

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Noun

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سَجْن (sajnm

  1. verbal noun of سَجَنَ (sajana) (form I)
  2. confinement, imprisonment

Declension

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Noun

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سِجْن (sijnm (plural سُجُون (sujūn))

  1. prison, jail

Declension

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Punjabi سجن (sjn /⁠sjn⁠/) / ساجن (sājan), from Prakrit 𑀲𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀡 (sajjaṇa), from Sanskrit सज्जन (sajjana, good man), from सन्त् (sánt) +‎ जन (jána). Cognate with Saraiki سَجَّݨ (sajjaṇ) / سَجَݨ (sajaṇ), Sindhi سَڄَڻُ (saj̄aṇu), Marathi साजण (sājaṇ) and Urdu ساجَن (sājan) / Hindi साजन (sājan).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سَجَّݨ (sajjaṇm (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੱਜਣ)

  1. (poetic) lover; beloved
  2. friend, companion
  3. husband
  4. (formal, often in the vocative) dear, respected (people)

Declension

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Declension of سجن
dir. sg. سَجَّݨ (sajjaṇ)
dir. pl. سَجَّݨ (sajjaṇ)
singular plural
direct سَجَّݨ (sajjaṇ) سَجَّݨ (sajjaṇ)
oblique سَجَّݨ (sajjaṇ) سَجَّݨاں (sajjaṇāṉ)
vocative سَجَّݨا (sajjaṇā) سَجَّݨو (sajjaṇo)
ablative سَجَّݨوں (sajjaṇoṉ) سَجَّݨاں (sajjaṇāṉ)
locative سَجَّݨے (sajjaṇe) سَجَّݨِیں (sajjaṇīṉ)
instrumental سَجَّݨوں (sajjaṇoṉ)

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سجّن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਸੱਜਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sajjana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 757

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
س ج ن
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic سَجَنَ (sajana).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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سجن (sajan) I (present بسجن (bisjin))

  1. to imprison
    Synonym: حبس (ḥabas)

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of سجن (sajan)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سجنت (sajant) سجنت (sajant) سجن (sajan) سجننا (sajanna) سجنتو (sajantu) سجنو (sajanu)
f سجنتي (sajanti) سجنت (sajnat)
present m بسجن (basjin) بتسجن (btisjin) بسجن (bisjin) منسجن (mnisjin) بتسجنو (btisjinu) بسجنو (bisjinu)
f بتسجني (btisjini) بتسجن (btisjin)
subjunctive m أسجن (ʔasjin) تسجن (tisjin) يسجن (yisjin) نسجن (nisjin) تسجنو (tisjinu) يسجنو (yisjinu)
f تسجني (tisjini) تسجن (tisjin)
imperative m اسجن (isjin) اسجنو (isjinu)
f اسجني (isjini)