Arabic

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Adjective

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مُنْجٍ (munjin) (feminine مُنْجِيَة (munjiya), masculine plural مُنْجُونَ (munjūna), feminine plural مُنْجِيَات (munjiyāt))

  1. active participle of أَنْجَى (ʔanjā)

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مُنَجٍّ (munajjin) (feminine مُنَجِّيَة (munajjiya), masculine plural مُنَجُّونَ (munajjūna), feminine plural مُنَجِّيَات (munajjiyāt))

  1. passive participle of نَجَّى (najjā)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 29:33:
      وَلَمَّا أَن جَاءَتْ رُسُلُنَا لُوطًا سِيءَ بِهِمْ وَضَاقَ بِهِمْ ذَرْعًا وَقَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ ۖ إِنَّا مُنَجُّوكَ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَكَ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَابِرِينَ
      walammā ʔan jāʔat rusulunā lūṭan sīʔa bihim waḍāqa bihim ḏarʕan waqālū lā taḵaf walā taḥzan ʔinnā munajjūka waʔahlaka ʔillā mraʔataka kānat mina l-ḡābirīna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Manichaean Middle Persian [Manichaean needed] (gwmnc /⁠gumanǰ⁠/, cow-fly).

Noun

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منج (monj, manj)

  1. bee
  2. fly

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