منج

Arabic

Adjective

مُنْجٍ • (munjin) (feminine مُنْجِيَة (munjiya), masculine plural مُنْجُونَ (munjūna), feminine plural مُنْجِيَات (munjiyāt))

  1. active participle of أَنْجَى (ʔanjā)

Declension

Adjective

مُنَجٍّ • (munajjin) (feminine مُنَجِّيَة (munajjiya), masculine plural مُنَجُّونَ (munajjūna), feminine plural مُنَجِّيَات (munajjiyāt))

  1. passive participle of نَجَّى (najjā)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 29:33:
      وَلَمَّا أَن جَاءَتْ رُسُلُنَا لُوطًا سِيءَ بِهِمْ وَضَاقَ بِهِمْ ذَرْعًا وَقَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ ۖ إِنَّا مُنَجُّوكَ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَكَ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَابِرِينَ
      walammā ʔan jāʔat rusulunā lūṭan sīʔa bihim waḍāqa bihim ḏarʕan waqālū lā taḵaf walā taḥzan ʔinnā munajjūka waʔahlaka ʔillā mraʔataka kānat mina l-ḡābirīna
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Declension

Persian

Etymology

From Manichaean Middle Persian [Manichaean needed] (gwmnc /⁠gumanǰ⁠/, cow-fly).

Noun

منج • (monj, manj)

  1. bee
  2. fly

Derived terms

  • منج انگبین (monj-e angobin)
  • خرمنج (xarmonj)
  • منج‌آشیان (monjâšiyân)
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