يلنجوج

Arabic

Alternative forms

• يَلَنْجَج (yalanjaj), يَلَنْجِيج (yalanjīj), أَلَنْجُوج (ʔalanjūj), أَلَنْجَج (ʔalanjaj), أَلَنْجِيج (ʔalanjīj), يَنْجُوج (yanjūj), أَنْجُوج (ʔanjūj)

Etymology

Akin to Ancient Greek ἀγάλοχον (agálokhon). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja.lan.d͡ʒuːd͡ʒ/

Noun

يَلَنْجُوج • (yalanjūj) m

1. (obsolete) aloeswood, agalloch

   Synonyms: عُود (ʕūd), رَنْد (rand), قُطُر (quṭur)

   • a. 710, الأخطل, “وقال يمدح الوليد”, in P.A. Salhani S.J., editor, Dîwân al-Aḫṭal: texte arabe publié pour la première fois d'après le manuscrit de St. Pétersbourg et annoté, published 1891, page 264:

     لَا يَصْطَلِينَ دُخَانَ ٱلنَّارِ شَاتِيةً … إِلَّا بِعُودِ يَلَنْجُوجٍ عَلَى فَحْمِ

     lā yaṣṭalīna duḵāna n-nāri šātiyatan … ʔillā biʕūdi yalanjūjin ʕalā faḥmi

     They shall not create warmth by the cold roke of the fire, but by eaglewood on coals.

   • a. 1229, Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, كتاب معجم البلدان [kitāb muʿjam al-buldān]‎^[1], volume 1, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1866, page 854, line 11:

Declension

Declension of noun يَلَنْجُوج (yalanjūj)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	يَلَنْجُوج yalanjūj	الْيَلَنْجُوج al-yalanjūj	يَلَنْجُوج yalanjūj
nominative	يَلَنْجُوجٌ yalanjūjun	الْيَلَنْجُوجُ al-yalanjūju	يَلَنْجُوجُ yalanjūju
accusative	يَلَنْجُوجًا yalanjūjan	الْيَلَنْجُوجَ al-yalanjūja	يَلَنْجُوجَ yalanjūja
genitive	يَلَنْجُوجٍ yalanjūjin	الْيَلَنْجُوجِ al-yalanjūji	يَلَنْجُوجِ yalanjūji

Derived terms

• يَلَنْجُوجِيّ (yalanjūjiyy)

Further reading

• Ullmann, Manfred (1973–1983) Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache. Band II (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, pages 225–226, referencing many attestations