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Form 1زَجَرَهُ9 senses · 1 main
muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarزَجْرٌ

Core sense — he chid him, he restrained him; he urged on a camel; he augured from birdsgenerated

1.1he chid him by a cry, by his voice, or by reproof; he checked or restrained him with rough speechازدجرهُ

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The sense also covers preventing, hindering, or withholding him, and forbidding or prohibiting him, [by any kind of cry or speech].

It was originally ازتجرهُ.

he forbade him from doing such a thingعَنْ كَذَا
he restrained him from evilعَنِ السُّوْءِ
1.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe cried out at the dog, or at the beast of prey, so that it would hold backزَجَرَ الكَلْبَ

السَّبُعَ and زَجَرَ بِهِ are used in the same sense.

See a figurative example under حِنْوٌ.

1.1.2figurative · مجازhe urged the camel on to quicknessزَجَرَ البَعِيرَ

He drove or urged the camel, inciting it with a special cry, so that it became excited and went on.

One says حَوْبِ or زَجَرَ النَّاقَةَ to a camel, and حَلْ to a she-camel.

he (a pastor) cried out at the sheep or goatsزَجَرَ الغَنَمَ

In the same way of crying out at a horse or the like, at a camel, and at a beast of prey, with a loud voice and violently.

[the wind drives the clouds]الرِّيحُ تَزْجُرُ السَّحَابَ
1.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferreddriving away with a cryزَجْرٌ

By later use it sometimes means simply driving away, and sometimes the crying out, or a cry.

1.1.4figurative · مجازhe chid the bird, auguring evil from itزَجَرَ الطَّائِرَ

maṣdar زَجْرٌ and ازدجرهُ.

1.1.5figurative · مجازhe threw a pebble at the birds and cried outزَجَرَ الطَّيْرَ

If in flying they turned their right sides towards him, he augured well from them; but if their left sides, evil.

1.1.6figurative · مجاز — inferredauguring from the flight, alighting-places, cries, kinds, or names, of birdsزَجْرٌ

Or زَجْرٌ means auguring well from a bird's, or some other thing's, سُنُوح [or turning the right side towards one, or the contrary], and evil from its بُرُوح [or turning the left side towards one, or the contrary].

he augurs from the flight of birds, and the likeهُوَ يَزْجُرُ الطَّيْرَ
he went away, departed, or journeyedزَجَرَ غُرَابَ البَيْنِ
1.1.7figurative · مجازI have divined that it is so and soزَجَرْتُ أَنَّهُ يَكُونُ كَذَا وَكَذَا

[Hence,] it also means the practising of divination, or a species of it.

See also زَاجِرٌ.

1.1.8figurative · مجاز — inferredshe (a camel) cast forth what was in her bellyزَجَرَتْ بِمَا فِى بَطْنِهَا
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, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. زَجُرَ , (Msb, TA,) inf. n. زَجْرٌ , (S, A, Msb,) He chid him, by a cry, by his voice, or by reproof: (S, * K, * TA:) he checked him, restrained him, or forbade him, with rough speech: (TA:) or prevented, hindered, restrained, or withheld, him: or forbade, or prohibited, him: [by any kind of cry or speech:] as also ازدجرهُ ; (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K;) the latter originally ازتجرهُ : (Msb, TA:) عَنْ كَذَا from [doing] such a thing: (A, * Mgh, TA:) and عَنِ السُّوْءِ from evil. (TA.) زَجَرَ الكَلْبَ , (K,) and السَّبُعَ , (TA,) and زَجَرَ بِهِ (K,) He cried out to, or at, the dog, (K,) and the beast of prey, (TA,) in order that he might forbear, refrain, or abstain. (K, TA.) [See a tropical ex. voce حِنْوٌ .] زَجَرَ البَعِيرَ He incited the camel to quickness: (TA:) he drove, or urged, the camel, (S, K, TA,) and incited him with a peculiar cry, so that he became excited, and went on: (TA:) he said to the camel حَوْبِ : and زَجَرَ النَّاقَةَ He said to the she-camel حَلْ : (AZ, TA:) and زَجَرَ الغَنَمَ He (a pastor) cried out to, or at, the sheep or goats: (A, Mgh, TA:) and in like manner, to or at, a horse or the like, and a camel, and a beast of prey, with a high, or loud, voice, and vehemently: (TA:) and الرِّيحُ تَزْجُرُ السَّحَابَ [The wind drives the clouds]. (A.) زَجْرٌ signifies The driving away with crying or a cry: and by subsequent applications, sometimes, the driving away: and sometimes the crying, or crying out, or a cry. (B, TA.) زَجَرَ الطَّائِرَ , (K,) aor. زَجُرَ , inf. n. زَجْرٌ ; (TA;) and ازدجرهُ ; (K;) He chid the bird, auguring evil from it. (K, TA.) And زَجَرَ الطَّيْرَ He threw a pebble at the birds, and cried out; and if, in flying, they turned their right sides towards him, he augured well from them; but if their left sides, evil. (A.) Hence, (A,) زَجْرٌ also signifies The auguring from the flight, alightingplaces, cries, kinds, or names, of birds: (S, A, K:) you say, هُوَ يَزْجُرُ الطَّيْرَ He augurs from the flight, &c., of birds: (A:) or زَجْرٌ signifies the auguring well from a bird's or some other thing's سُنُوح [or turning the right side towards one, or the contrary], and evil from its بُرُوح [or turning the left side towards one, or the contrary]. (Zj.) And زَجَرَ غُرَابَ البَيْنِ means He went away, departed, or journeyed. (Har p. 308.) [Hence,] it also signifies The practising of divination: (K:) or a species thereof: you say, زَجَرْتُ أَنَّهُ يَكُونُ كَذَا وَكَذَا I have divined that it is so and so. (S, L.) [See also زَاجِرٌ ] زَجَرَتْ بِمَا فِى بَطْنِهَا She (a camel) cast forth what was in her belly. (K, TA.)
Form 6تَزَاجَرُوا عَنِ المُنْكَرِ1 sense

Core sense — they restrained one another from evil conductgenerated

6.1

[They checked, restrained, or forbade one another with rough speech; or] they prevented, hindered, or withheld one another; or they forbade one another; from abominable, foul, or evil conduct.

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[They checked, restrained, or forbade, one another, with rough speech; or] they prevented, hindered, or withheld one another; or they forbade, or prohibited, one another; from abominable, foul, or evil, conduct. (A, Msb.)
Form 7انزجر3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he refrained, forbore, or abstained; he was driven awaygenerated

7.1he refrained, forbore, or abstained from doing such a thingعَنْ كَذَا

اِزْدَجَرَ is used in the same way.

Said of one who is chidden by a cry, by the voice, or by reproof; or checked, restrained, or forbidden with rough speech; or prevented, hindered, or withheld.

7.1.1he was driven awayٱزْدُجِرَ

In the Qur'ān 54:9.

Qur’ān 54:9 approximate — somewhere between 54:1 and 54:28 Lane cites “Kur liv. 9”
Qur’ān 54:9 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ

Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was driven out.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

7.1.2he (a dog) was urged on by a cry to pursue the gameانزجر
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and اِزْدَجَرَ He, being chidden, by a cry, by the voice, or by reproof; or being checked, restrained, or forbidden, with rough speech; (TA;) or being prevented, hindered, restrained, or withheld; or being forbidden or prohibited; refrained, forbore, or abstained; (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K, TA;) عَنْ كَذَا from [doing] such a thing. (Mgh, TA.) ٱزْدُجِرَ , in the Kur liv. 9, means He was driven away. (TA.) انزجر He (a dog) became urged, or incited, by a cry, to pursue the game. (Mgh.)
Form 8اِزْدَجَرَ1 sense

Core sense — he chid, or restrained; he refrained, or held backgenerated

8.1

Used for اِزْتَجَرَ, both transitive and intransitive: see forms 1 and 7, each in two places.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 8
54:9
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ

Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was driven out.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, for اِزْتَجَرَ , trans. and intrans.: see 1 and 7; each in two places.

Derived nouns 12

Nounزَجْرٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a cry by which one chides, or urges on, a beastgenerated

1

Maṣdar of form 1.

1.1

A crying at camels and the like, and an urging or inciting of them.

1.2

A cry by which one chides — that is, either checks or urges — a beast and the like; like صَهْ said to a man, and عَدَسْ said to a mule.

2

See also the word that follows.

Qur’ānic occurrences زَجْر
37:2
فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًا

And so are strong in repelling (evil),

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inf. n. of 1. (S, A, Msb.) A crying at camels [&c.], and an urging or inciting of them. (TA.) A cry by which one chides, i. e., either checks or urges, a beast &c.; like صَهْ to a man, and عَدَسْ to a mule, &c. (The lexicons, passim.) See also what next follows.
Nounزَجَرٌ1 sense

Core sense — a species of large fish, with small scalesgenerated

1large fish, a species of large fish with small scalesزَجْرٌ

IDrd says it is so called by the people of El-'Irák, but he does not think the name genuine Arabic.

Plural زُجُورٌ.

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(Az, O, K) and زَجْرٌ (IDrd, O, K) Large fish, (K,) [i. e.] a species of large fish, (IDrd, O,) with small scales: (TA:) IDrd says, thus called by the people of El-'Irák, but I do not think the appellation to be genuine Arabic: (O:) pl. زُجُورٌ . (O, K.)
Nounزَجْرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a crygenerated

1

A cry.

Qur’ānic occurrences زَجْرَة 1 shown of 2
79:13
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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A cry. (Mgh.)
Nounزَجُورٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a she-camel that will not yield her milk freely until chiddengenerated

1figurative · مجاز

A she-camel that will not yield her milk abundantly until she is chidden; or that yields her milk abundantly to her young one if beaten, but does not if let alone.

Or a she-camel that knows her young one with her eye but repudiates it with her nose when she smells it.

Also a she-camel that inclines to the young one of another and not to her own, only smelling it and refusing to yield her milk to it; synonymous with عَلُوقٌ.

1.1

Also applied figuratively as an adjective to war.

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A she-camel that will not yield her milk abundantly until chidden: (A, K, TA:) or that yields her milk abundantly to her young one if beaten, but does not if let alone: (TA:) or (K, TA, but accord. to the CK “ and ”) a she-camel that knows [her young one] with her eye, but repudiates it with her nose [when she smells it]: (S, K:) and a she-camel that inclines to the young one of another, and not to her own, but only smells it, and refuses to yield her milk to it; syn. عَلُوقٌ . (K.) It is also applied, metaphorically, as an epithet to war. (A, TA.)
Nounزَجَّارٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who chides, or restrains, muchgenerated

1

[One who chides, and the like, much or often.]

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[ One who chides, &c., much, or often.]
Nounزَاجِرٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one who chides, checks, or restrains; a driver of clouds; a divinergenerated

1

[Ism fāʿil of form 1.]

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred[the Qur'ān suffices as a chider, checker, or restrainer]كَفَى بِالقُرْآنِ زَاجِرًا
the exhorter, on the part of God, in the heart of the believerالزَّاجِرُ

That is, the light shed into it, [or what we term the light of nature,] which invites him to the truth.

1.2figurative · مجازthe angels who are the drivers of the cloudsالزَّاجِرَاتُ

In the Qur'ān 37:2.

Qur’ān 37:2 approximate — somewhere between 37:1 and 37:12 Lane cites “Kur xxxvii. 2”
Qur’ān 37:2 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًا

And so are strong in repelling (evil),Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.3figurative · مجازa divinerزَاجِرٌ

So called because, when he sees what he thinks to be of evil omen, he cries out with a loud and violent voice, forbidding one to undertake the thing in question.

1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredthe crowأَبُو زَاجِرٍ

Because one augurs by means of it.

Qur’ānic occurrences زَّٰجِرَٰت
37:2
فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجْرًا

And so are strong in repelling (evil),

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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[act. part. n. of 1]. [Hence,] كَفَى بِالقُرْآنِ زَاجِرًا [The Kur-án suffices as a chider, checker, restrainer, or forbidder]. (A, TA.) And الزَّاجِرُ The exhorter, on the part of God, in the heart of the believer; i. e. the light shed into it, [or what we term the light of nature,] that invites him to the truth. (KT.) الزَّاجِرَاتُ , in the Kur xxxvii. 2, means The angels who are the drivers of the clouds. (K, * TA.) زَاجِرٌ also signifies A diviner; because, when he sees that which he thinks to be of evil omen, he cries out with a high, or loud, and vehement, voice, forbidding to undertake the thing in question. (Zj, TA.) أَبُو زَاجِرٍ The crow; because one augurs by means of it. (Har p. 662.)
Nounزَاجِرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a chiding or restraining speech, an exhortationgenerated

1figurative · مجاز[exhortations, and chiding or restraining speeches, were repeated in his ears]كَرِّرَتْ عَلَى سَمْعِهِ المَوَاعِظُ وَالزَّوَاجِرُ

[A noun formed from the adjective زَاجِرٌ by the addition of ة; its plural occurs in this saying.]

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[ a subst. formed from the epithet زَاجِرٌ by the addition of ة . Its pl. occurs in the saying,] كَرِّرَتْ عَلَى سَمْعِهِ المَوَاعِظُ وَالزَّوَاجِرُ [Exhortations, and chiding or restraining speeches, were repeated in his ears]. (A, TA.)
Nounزِنْجِيرٌ1 sense

Core sense — what is taken up on the end of the finger-nailgenerated

1

For this word and زِنْجِيرَةٌ, see art. زنجر.

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and زِنْجِيرَةٌ : see art. زنجر .
Nounأَزْجَرُ1 sense

Core sense — a camel with a looseness in the vertebrae of his backgenerated

1

A camel having a looseness in the vertebrae of his back, from disease, or from galls or sores produced by the saddle; [or having a fracture in his back;] like أَخْزَلُ.

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A camel having a looseness in the vertebræ of his back, arising from disease, or from galls, or sores, produced by the saddle: (O, K: *) [or having a fracture in his back;] like أَخْزَلُ . (O.)
Nounمَزْجَرٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a place of chiding, or of driving awaygenerated

1

[A place of زَجْر, that is, of chiding and the like.]

1.1figurative · مجاز[he is, in my estimation, as though he were to be chidden like the dog, and driven away]هُوَ مِنِّى مَزْجَرَ الكَلْبِ

Z says it is figurative.

A phrase with a word left out. [He is, in relation to me — or مِنِّى is here used in the sense of عِنْدِى, that is, in my estimation — as though he were in the مزجر of the dog.]

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[A place of زَجْر , i. e. chiding, &c.]. [Hence,] هُوَ مِنِّى مَزْجَرَ الكَلْبِ , an elliptical phrase, meaning [He is, in relation to me, or مِنِّى is here used in the sense of عِنْدِى , i. e., in my estimation,] as though he were in the مزجر of the dog; (Sb, TA;) [i. e., as though he were to be chidden like the dog, and driven away;] said by Z to be tropical. (TA.)
Nounمَزْجَرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a cause of chiding, or of driving awaygenerated

1figurative · مجاز[the remembrance, or the mention, of God is a cause of driving away the devil]ذِكْرُ ٱللّٰهِ مَزْجَرَةٌ لِلشَّيْطَانِ

[A cause of زَجْر, that is, of chiding and the like: a noun of the same class as مَبْخَلَةٌ and others; plural مَزَاجِرُ.]

A poet says: [He who will not assert that I am a poet, let him approach me:] preventing causes forbid him.

shāhid
مَنْ كَانَ لَا يَزْعُمُ أَنِّى شَاعِرُفَلْيَدْنُ مِنِّى تَنْهَهُ المَزَاجِرُ
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[A cause of زَجْر , i. e. chiding, &c.: a noun of the same class as مَبْخَلَةٌ &c.; pl. مَزَاجِرُ ]. A poet says, 1 i. e. [He who will not assert that I am a poet, let him approach me:] preventing causes forbid him. (TA.) And one says, ذِكْرُ ٱللّٰهِ مَزْجَرَةٌ لِلشَّيْطَانِ [The remembrance, or the mention, of God is a cause of driving away the devil]. (A, TA.) مَنْ كَانَ لَا يَزْعُمُ أَنِّى شَاعِرُ | فَلْيَدْنُ مِنِّى تَنْهَهُ المَزَاجِرُ
Nounمُزْدَجَرٌ1 sense

Core sense — driving away; prevention, or prohibitiongenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

In the Qur'ān 54:4 it is [a maṣdar,] synonymous with اِزْدِجَارٌ, meaning driving away, and prevention or prohibition from committing sinful actions; or from punishment.

Or it means there a threatening.

Some read مَزَّجَرٌ, changing the د into ز and incorporating it [into the preceding letter].

Qur’ān 54:4 approximate — somewhere between 54:1 and 54:28 Lane cites “Kur liv. 4”
Qur’ān 54:4 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ

There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them),Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

Qur’ānic occurrences مُزْدَجَر
54:4
وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ

There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them),

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, in the Kur liv. 4, (Bd, TA,) is [an inf. n.,] syn. with اِزْدِجَارٌ , (Bd,) meaning Depulsion, and prevention, or prohibition, from the commission of sinful actions; (TA;) or from punishment: or it there means a threatening: and some read مَزَّجَرٌ , changing the د into ز , and incorporating it [into the preceding letter]. (Bd.)