manjāh

haven, safe place

مَنْجاة

Word

Noun

Root

ن ج و

Forms

Plurals: مَناجِي، مَناج

In the library

وبقي الذين بعدوا عن الأمر وكبحوا عن المشاركة في ظل من عز الدولة التي شاركوها بنسبهم، وبمنجاة من الهرم لبعدهم عن الترف وأسبابه.

The Muqaddimah, page 96 →

From the same root

All words from ن ج و →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 10 entries

نَجَا Form I Alvum dejecit

Alvum dejecit; (Msb, TA;) ventumve per anum emisit: (TA:) he voided his ordure; or broke wind. ― -b2- نَجَا, inf. n. نَجَآءٌ, He was quick, or swift, and outstripped. (S.) See an ex. of the inf. n., voce غولٌ. ― -b3- نَجَا He became safe, or secure; he escaped. (Msb, &c.)
نَجَّوَ Form II Open entry

see 4.
أَنْجَاهُ Form IV He saved, him; rescued him; preserved him

and ↓ نَجَّاهُ He saved, him; rescued him; preserved him. (K.)
اِسْتَنْجَى Form X He washed, or wiped with a stone or a piece of dry clay, the place

He washed, or wiped with a stone or a piece of dry clay, the place [of exit] of his excrement. (Msb.) -A2- اِسْتَنْجَوْا: see 8 in art. سعر.
نَجْوٌ A shower of rain

and نَجَآءٌ A shower of rain. ― -b2- See شُوْبُوبٌ and 1. ― -b3- نجاء A well of which the water is distant [from the mouth]. (O, TA, voce قَرَبٌ.)
نَجْوَةٌ An elevated piece of land

An elevated piece of land. (Msb.)
نَجِىٌّ Open entry

: see نَجْوَى. ― -b2- عُرْيَانُ النَّجِىِّ: see art. عرى.
نَجْوَى Secret discourse between two persons or parties

Secret discourse between two persons or parties. (TA.) ― -b2- A secret between two persons or parties; as also ↓ نَجِىٌّ. (K, TA.) ― -b3- A person, or persons, discoursing secretly, or telling secrets one with another. (TA.)
مَنْجَاةٌ A cause, or means, of safety

[A cause, or means, of safety: of the measure مَفْعَلَةٌ, originally مَنْجَوَةٌ; similar to مَفْلَحَةٌ, &c.]. (S.)
نَجَيْتُ Open entry

a dial. var. of نَجَوْتُ: see دَوْكَةٌ.

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