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جُلْجُلٌ

Root: جل

Full Definition

جُلْجُلٌ [A little bell, consisting of a hollow ball of copper or brass or other metal, perforated, and containing a loose solid ball;] a small جَرَس [or bell]; a thing that is hung to the neck of a horse or similar beast, or to the leg of a hawk: pl. جَلَاجِلُ. You say, فُلَانٌ يُعَلِّقُ الجُلْجُلَ فِى عُنُقِهِ [Such a one hangs the little bell upon his neck;] meaning, such a one imperils, or endangers, himself. Abu-n-Nejm says, إِلَّا ٱمْرَأٌ يَعْقِدُ خَيْطَ الجُلْجُلِ [Except a man who ties the string of the little bell;] meaning, except a bold man, who imperils himself: AA says that it is a prov., meaning, except a man who makes himself notorious, so that no one precedes him except a courageous man who cares not for him, and who is stubborn and notorious.
2 See also جُلَاجِلٌ.


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