جِنِّىٌّ
Root: جن
Full Definition
جِنِّىٌّ
Of, or relating to, the
جِنّ, or جِنَّة.
2 See جِنٌّ. In the saying,
def.2 The tallness, or length and height, of a camel's hump.
2 See جِنٌّ. In the saying,
[Mercy on thee! O Jinneeyeh, جِنِّىَّ being for جِنِّيَّةُ,) doth it appear fit to thee that thou shouldst restore my reason? for the time hath come for thee to do so], a woman resembling a جِنِّيَّة is meant, either because of her beauty, or in her changeableness.وَيْحَكِ يَا جِنِّىَّ هَلْ بَدَا لَكِ أَنْ تُرْجِعِى عَقْلِى فَقَدْ أَنَى لَكِ
def.2 The tallness, or length and height, of a camel's hump.
Lane's Lexicon
+
Hans Wehr
+
Mufradat
Three dictionaries. One search.
"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."
47,000+ classical entries
Root-based navigation
Full text search
Hyperlinked definitions
Try Now
Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more