دستج

Arabic

Alternative forms

• دَسْتَجَة (dastaja)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dstk' /⁠dastag⁠/, “bunch, bundle; handle”), via the Neo-Persian descendant of which دسته (daste) later also Arabic دَسْتَة (dasta) has been acquired.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /das.tad͡ʒ/

Noun

دَسْتَج • (dastaj) m (plural دَسَاتِج (dasātij)) (obsolete)

1. (rare) fagot, bundle, bunch, truss

   Synonyms: حُزْمَة (ḥuzma), رِزْمَة (rizma)

   • a. 929, مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ], edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 270 (fol. 26r,5–13), page 454:

     قَالَ ٱلخُبْزَرُزِّيُّ:
     فَضِلْنِي بِدَسْتَجَةٍ عَذْبَةٍ – فَإِنِّي إِلَيْهَا مَشُوقٌ مَشُوقٌ
     أَصِلْكَ بِدَسْتَجَةٍ مِثْلَهَا – مِنَ ٱلْحَلِّ تَعْلُو وَلِلْحَلِّ شُوقٌ

     qāla l-ḵubzaruzziyyu:
     faḍilnī bi-dastajatin ʕaḏbatin – faʔinnī ʔilay-hā mašūqun mašūqun
     ʔaṣilka bi-dastajatin miṯlahā – mina l-ḥalli taʕlū wa-li-l-ḥalli šūqun

     Al-Ḵubzaruzzīy said:
     Distinguish me by a dulcet fagot … by reason that to it my yearn is roused!
     I send you thereon an equal fagot … its unbox, like for many, puts you risen!

2. (rare) handle, grip, helve

   Synonyms: نِصَاب (niṣāb), يَد (yad)

3. pestle, mortar’s grip, beater

   Synonyms: مِدَقّ (midaqq), يَد (yad)

   • a. 1165, ابن التلميذ [Ibn al-Tilmīḏ], edited by Oliver Kahl, The Dispensatory of Ibn At-Tilmīḏ الأقراباذين الكبير (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 70), Leiden: Brill, published 2007, →ISBN, page 139 Nr. 302:

     ويحرك بدستج الهاون نعما ويصفى في منخل ويرمى بالثفل ثم تعاود عليه التصفية […]

     (now) stir it gently with a pestle, strain it into a sieve, and throw away the sediment (that has gathered upon it); then clear it again […]

   • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, Cap. 28, Art. 13, page 316:

     له ساق طويل نحو شبر شكله شكل دستج الهاون لونه إلى الفرفرية وعليه ثمر لونه لون زعفران وله أصل متوسط القدر.

     It [the type of dragonwort] has a leg as long as a hand’s span and is in form like a pestle, its colour nears purple, its fruits have the colour of saffron, its stem is of medium size.

Declension

Declension of noun دَسْتَج (dastaj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَسْتَج dastaj	الدَّسْتَج ad-dastaj	دَسْتَج dastaj
Nominative	دَسْتَجٌ dastajun	الدَّسْتَجُ ad-dastaju	دَسْتَجُ dastaju
Accusative	دَسْتَجًا dastajan	الدَّسْتَجَ ad-dastaja	دَسْتَجَ dastaja
Genitive	دَسْتَجٍ dastajin	الدَّسْتَجِ ad-dastaji	دَسْتَجِ dastaji
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَسْتَجَيْن dastajayn	الدَّسْتَجَيْن ad-dastajayn	دَسْتَجَيْ dastajay
Nominative	دَسْتَجَانِ dastajāni	الدَّسْتَجَانِ ad-dastajāni	دَسْتَجَا dastajā
Accusative	دَسْتَجَيْنِ dastajayni	الدَّسْتَجَيْنِ ad-dastajayni	دَسْتَجَيْ dastajay
Genitive	دَسْتَجَيْنِ dastajayni	الدَّسْتَجَيْنِ ad-dastajayni	دَسْتَجَيْ dastajay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَسَاتِج dasātij	الدَّسَاتِج ad-dasātij	دَسَاتِج dasātij
Nominative	دَسَاتِجُ dasātiju	الدَّسَاتِجُ ad-dasātiju	دَسَاتِجُ dasātiju
Accusative	دَسَاتِجَ dasātija	الدَّسَاتِجَ ad-dasātija	دَسَاتِجَ dasātija
Genitive	دَسَاتِجَ dasātija	الدَّسَاتِجِ ad-dasātiji	دَسَاتِجِ dasātiji

References

• “دستج” in Almaany
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “دستج”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 441b
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “دستج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 29a