mājin
cisterns
ماجِن
Word
Noun · pattern فاعِلRoot
م ج نIn the library
وسمعت الماجن المعروف بالغراب يقول: ويلك أيش في ذا؟
Enjoyment and Conviviality, page 193 →From the same root
- مَجَنَjoke, scoff
- ماجَنَjeer, scoff, joke
- مَجّانfree, gratis
- ماجِنimpudent, joker
- تَماجَنَmock each other
- مَجانَةbuffoonery, clowning
- مَجانَةprank, antic
- مُجُونِيّsarcastic, cynic
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries-
مَجَنَ Form I He cared not for what he did
He cared not for what he did (S. Mgh, K *) nor for what was said to him. (Mgh, K. *) The epithet is مَاجِنٌ. (S, Mgh, K.) -
عُقْبَةٌ مَجُونٌ A stage of a journey, or a march or journey from one halting-place to another
[A stage of a journey, or a march or journey from one halting-place to another,] that is far, or distant, or long. (ISk in TA, voce بَاسِطَةٌ: but it is not quite clear in my copy of the TA whether it be مَجُونٌ or هَجُونٌ.) -
مَجَّانٌ gift of a thing without price
The gift of a thing without price. (IF, Msb.) ― -b2- فَعَلْتُهُ مَجَّانًا I did it without compensation. (Msb.) هٰذَا الشَّىْءُ لَهُ مَجَّانًا This thing is for him without an equivalent. (El-Farábee, Msb.) -
مَاجِنٌ Open entry
: see 1.
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