عجان

عجان

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ج ن‎ (ʿ-j-n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕi.d͡ʒaːn/

Noun

عِجَان • (ʿijān) m (plural عُجُن‎ (ʿujun) or أَعْجِنَة‎ (ʾaʿjina))

1. perineum

Declension

Declension of noun عِجَان (ʿijān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عِجَان ʿijān	الْعِجَان‎ al-ʿijān	عِجَان ʿijān
Nominative	عِجَانٌ ʿijānun	الْعِجَانُ‎ al-ʿijānu	عِجَانُ ʿijānu
Accusative	عِجَانًا‎ ʿijānan	الْعِجَانَ‎ al-ʿijāna	عِجَانَ ʿijāna
Genitive	عِجَانٍ ʿijānin	الْعِجَانِ‎ al-ʿijāni	عِجَانِ ʿijāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عِجَانَيْن‎ ʿijānayn	الْعِجَانَيْن‎ al-ʿijānayn	عِجَانَيْ‎ ʿijānay
Nominative	عِجَانَانِ‎ ʿijānāni	الْعِجَانَانِ‎ al-ʿijānāni	عِجَانَا‎ ʿijānā
Accusative	عِجَانَيْنِ‎ ʿijānayni	الْعِجَانَيْنِ‎ al-ʿijānayni	عِجَانَيْ‎ ʿijānay
Genitive	عِجَانَيْنِ‎ ʿijānayni	الْعِجَانَيْنِ‎ al-ʿijānayni	عِجَانَيْ‎ ʿijānay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُجُن‎‎; أَعْجِنَة‎ ʿujun‎; ʾaʿjina	الْعُجُن‎‎; الْأَعْجِنَة‎ al-ʿujun‎; al-ʾaʿjina	عُجُن‎‎; أَعْجِنَة‎ ʿujun‎; ʾaʿjinat
Nominative	عُجُنٌ‎‎; أَعْجِنَةٌ‎ ʿujunun‎; ʾaʿjinatun	الْعُجُنُ‎‎; الْأَعْجِنَةُ‎ al-ʿujunu‎; al-ʾaʿjinatu	عُجُنُ‎‎; أَعْجِنَةُ‎ ʿujunu‎; ʾaʿjinatu
Accusative	عُجُنًا‎‎; أَعْجِنَةً‎ ʿujunan‎; ʾaʿjinatan	الْعُجُنَ‎‎; الْأَعْجِنَةَ‎ al-ʿujuna‎; al-ʾaʿjinata	عُجُنَ‎‎; أَعْجِنَةَ‎ ʿujuna‎; ʾaʿjinata
Genitive	عُجُنٍ‎‎; أَعْجِنَةٍ‎ ʿujunin‎; ʾaʿjinatin	الْعُجُنِ‎‎; الْأَعْجِنَةِ‎ al-ʿujuni‎; al-ʾaʿjinati	عُجُنِ‎‎; أَعْجِنَةِ‎ ʿujuni‎; ʾaʿjinati

Derived terms

• عِجَانِيّ‎ (ʿijāniyy, “related to the perineum”)

References

• “عجان” in Almaany
• Freytag, Georg (1835), “عجان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 116
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “عجان”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 185
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “عجان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1968
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “عجان”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 816

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عِجَان‎ (ʿijān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔeˈdʒɒːn/

Noun

عجان • ('ejân)

1. (anatomy) perineum

Synonyms

• میاندوراه‎ (miyândorâh)
• پرینه‎ (perine)

Derived terms

• عجانی‎ ('ejâni)