عَجَمٌ
Root: عجم
Full Definition
عَجَمٌ
[Foreigners, as meaning] others than Arabs; such as are not Arabs; [often used as implying disparagement, like barbarians; and often especially meaning Persians;] as also
عُجْمٌ , [of which see an ex. in a verse of Lebeed cited voce رَازِقِىٌّ,] or this latter may be a pl. of the former:
عَجَمِىٌّ (of which أَعْجَامٌ is pl., TA) signifies one thereof; one who is of the race of the
عَجَم; though he may be chaste, or correct, in [the Arabic] speech; the ى denoting unity; but it is also the relative ى, and thus one may apply to an Arab the appellation
عَجَمِىٌّ as meaning called thus in relation to the عَجَم: and one says also
رَجُلٌ أَعْجَمُ [a man not of the Arabs]: and
قَوْمٌ أَعْجَمُ [a people, or party, not of the Arabs].
def.2 Also The stones of dates and of the drupes of the lote-tree and of grapes and of raisins and of pomegranates and the like, or also of other things, or the similar stones of anything, or also whatever is in the interior of a thing that is eaten such as the raisin and the like; and عُجَامٌ signifies the same: the vulgar say : [see also غِيضٌ, in an explanation of which عَجَمٌ is evidently, I think, used as meaning the heart (commonly termed جُمَّار q. v.) of the palm-tree:] the n. un. is عَجَمَةٌ, which is incorrectly expl. by AHn as meaning a grape-stone when it germinates.
def.3 Also Camels that bite, or chew, the [trees called] عِضَاه and the tragacanths and [other] thorny trees, and satisfy themselves therewith so as to be in no need of the [plants called] حَمْض.
def.2 Also The stones of dates and of the drupes of the lote-tree and of grapes and of raisins and of pomegranates and the like, or also of other things, or the similar stones of anything, or also whatever is in the interior of a thing that is eaten such as the raisin and the like; and عُجَامٌ signifies the same: the vulgar say : [see also غِيضٌ, in an explanation of which عَجَمٌ is evidently, I think, used as meaning the heart (commonly termed جُمَّار q. v.) of the palm-tree:] the n. un. is عَجَمَةٌ, which is incorrectly expl. by AHn as meaning a grape-stone when it germinates.
def.3 Also Camels that bite, or chew, the [trees called] عِضَاه and the tragacanths and [other] thorny trees, and satisfy themselves therewith so as to be in no need of the [plants called] حَمْض.
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