يلنجوج

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Akin to Ancient Greek ἀγάλοχον (agálokhon). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ja.lan.d͡ʒuːd͡ʒ/

Noun

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يَلَنْجُوج (yalanjūjm

  1. (obsolete) aloeswood, agalloch
    Synonyms: عُود (ʕūd), رَنْد (rand), قُطُر (quṭur)
    • a. 710, الأخطل, “وقال يمدح الوليد”, in P.A. Salhani S.J., editor, Dîwân al-Aḫṭal: texte arabe publié pour la première fois d'après le manuscrit de St. Pétersbourg et annoté, published 1891, page 264:
      لَا يَصْطَلِينَ دُخَانَ ٱلنَّارِ شَاتِيةً … إِلَّا بِعُودِ يَلَنْجُوجٍ عَلَى فَحْمِ
      lā yaṣṭalīna duḵāna n-nāri šātiyatan … ʔillā biʕūdi yalanjūjin ʕalā faḥmi
      They shall not create warmth by the cold roke of the fire, but by eaglewood on coals.
    • a. 1229, Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, كتاب معجم البلدان [kitāb muʿjam al-buldān][1], volume 1, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1866, page 854, line 11:

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Further reading

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  • Ullmann, Manfred (1973–1983) Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache. Band II (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, pages 225–226, referencing many attestations