sinjāb

gray squirrel

سِنْجاب

Word

Noun

Root

س ن ج ء ب

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وأعطت ابنته أكثر منهن، وكستني وأركبتني واجتمع لي من الخيل والثياب وفروات السنجاب والسمور جملة.

The Travels, page 177 →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries

سِنْجَابٌ squirrel

[a Pers. word, arabicized; in the pre sent day applied to The squirrel; and particularly the gray squirrel: and the minever:] a certain animal, of the length of the jerboa, larger than the فَأْر [or rat], the fur of which is of the utmost softness: furred garments are made with its skin; and the best skins of this animal are the smooth and gray. (Dmr, TA.)
سِنْجَابِىٌّ Gray; of the colour of the سِنْجَاب

[ Gray; of the colour of the سِنْجَاب.]

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