سجنجل

سجنجل:

(سجنجل) :

المراة والزعفران أو ماء الذهب ويقال زجنجل معرب.

سجنجل: لاتيني speculum وهو صفيحة فضة مصقولة كانت تُستعمل كالمرآة قبل اختراع الزجاج، عربيُّه : الوذيلة.

سَجَنْجَل (noun)

Etymology: Manfred Ullmann expounded in an analysis of the occurrences that all known poets who use this word after Imru' al-Qais owe it to him, and using it as “round mirror” they actually misunderstood him, who in his verse actually meant sheeny papyrus leaves, forming a *سِجِلْجِل (*sijiljil), *سَجَلْجَل (*sajaljal) after the known سِجِلّ (sijill, “scroll”) which was dissimilated to سَجَنْجَل (sajanjal); only thus far it is a Medieval Greek word as it was believed in the Middle Ages to be رُومِيّ (rūmiyy).

Meaning: mirror, looking-glass; glossy papyrus, pages or sheets with a shine or glaze, glistening surface

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