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جُلْجُلَانٌ

Root: جل

Full Definition

جُلْجُلَانٌ What is جَلِيل [app. meaning great in estimation] of a thing.

def.2 Also The fruit of the كُزْبُرَة [or coriander] : and, accord, to Abu-1-Ghowth, sesame, or sesamum, in its husks, before it is reaped: or it signifies also the grain of sesame or sesamum.
2 The heart's core (حَبَّةُ القَلْبِ). You say, أَصَبْتُ جُلْجُلَانَ قَلبِهِ [I hit his heart's core]. And اِسْتَقَرَّ ذٰلِكَ فِى جُلْجُلَانَ قَلْبِهِ [That rested, or remained, in his heart's core]. And كَلَامٌ خَرَجَ مِنْ جُلْجُلَانِ القَلْبِ إِلَى قِمَعِ الأُذُنِ [Speech that came forth from the core of the heart to the meatus of the ear].
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