Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَغْنُوجَةٌ

Root: غنج

Full Definition

أَغْنُوجَةٌ A gesture, or an action, of the kind termed غُنْج: pl. أَغَانِيجُ: Aboo-Dhu-eyb says, لَوَى رَأْسَهُ عَنِّى وَمَالَ بِوُدِّهِ أَغَانِيجُ خَوْدٍ كَانَ فِينَا يَزُورُهَا [The amorous gestures or actions, &c., of a soft or tender, or goodly-shaped and young, damsel, whom he used to visit among us, turned his head from me, and diverted his love].


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