See also: سحن and سخن

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root س ج ن (s-j-n).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sid͡ʒn/
  • (file)

Verb edit

سَجَنَ (sajana) I, non-past يَسْجُنُ‎ (yasjunu)

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

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

سَجْن (sajnm

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

Declension edit

Noun edit

سِجْن (sijnm (plural سُجُون (sujūn))

  1. prison, jail

Declension edit

Punjabi edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

سَجَّݨ (sajjaṇm (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੱਜਣ)

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

Declension edit

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)
locative سَجَّݨے (sajjaṇe) سَجَّݨِیں (sajjaṇīṉ)
instrumental سَجَّݨے (sajjaṇe) سَجَّݨِیں (sajjaṇīṉ)

Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

Root
س ج ن
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic سَجَنَ (sajana).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sa.ʒan/, [ˈsa.ʒan], [ˈsa.d͡ʒan]
  • (file)

Verb edit

سجن (sajan) I (present بسجن (bisjin))

  1. to imprison
    Synonym: حبس (ḥabas)

Conjugation edit

    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)