مِجَنٌّ
Root: جن
Full Definition
مِجَنٌّ
A shield; because the owner conceals, or protects, himself with it; as also
مِجَنَّةٌ and
جُنَانٌ and
جُنَانَةٌ : pl. مَجَانُّ. Sb held it to be of the measure فِعَلٌّ, from مجن; but his opinion is opposed by the fact that the word is of the form which is significant of an instrument, by the doubling of the ن, and by the syns. جنان and جنانة. It is said in a trad., that the hand [of a thief] shall not be cut off save for the value of a مِجَنّ; which in the time of the Prophet was a deenár, or ten dirhems; for this is the lowest amount for which that punishment is to be inflicted. You say, قَلَبَ مِجَنَّهُ [He turned his shield], meaning
2 Also A [woman's ornament such as is commonly called] وِشَاح
2 Also A [woman's ornament such as is commonly called] وِشَاح
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