نورج

Arabic

نَوْرَج

Alternative forms

• نَيْرَج (nayraj), نَوْجَر (nawjar)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old South Arabian, cognate to Aramaic מֹורַג (mōraḡ, “threshing sledge”), מֹורִיג (mōriḡ, “threshing sledge”), Hebrew מֹורַג (mōraḡ, “threshing sledge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naw.rad͡ʒ/

Noun

نَوْرَج • (nawraj) m (plural نَوَارِج (nawārij))

1. threshing board, threshing sledge; (later) threshing machine

   Synonyms: دَرَّاسَة (darrāsa), مِدْرَسَة (midrasa), طِرْبِيل (ṭirbīl)

Declension

Declension of noun نَوْرَج (nawraj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوْرَج nawraj	النَّوْرَج an-nawraj	نَوْرَج nawraj
Nominative	نَوْرَجٌ nawrajun	النَّوْرَجُ an-nawraju	نَوْرَجُ nawraju
Accusative	نَوْرَجًا nawrajan	النَّوْرَجَ an-nawraja	نَوْرَجَ nawraja
Genitive	نَوْرَجٍ nawrajin	النَّوْرَجِ an-nawraji	نَوْرَجِ nawraji
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوْرَجَيْن nawrajayn	النَّوْرَجَيْن an-nawrajayn	نَوْرَجَيْ nawrajay
Nominative	نَوْرَجَانِ nawrajāni	النَّوْرَجَانِ an-nawrajāni	نَوْرَجَا nawrajā
Accusative	نَوْرَجَيْنِ nawrajayni	النَّوْرَجَيْنِ an-nawrajayni	نَوْرَجَيْ nawrajay
Genitive	نَوْرَجَيْنِ nawrajayni	النَّوْرَجَيْنِ an-nawrajayni	نَوْرَجَيْ nawrajay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوَارِج nawārij	النَّوَارِج an-nawārij	نَوَارِج nawārij
Nominative	نَوَارِجُ nawāriju	النَّوَارِجُ an-nawāriju	نَوَارِجُ nawāriju
Accusative	نَوَارِجَ nawārija	النَّوَارِجَ an-nawārija	نَوَارِجَ nawārija
Genitive	نَوَارِجَ nawārija	النَّوَارِجِ an-nawāriji	نَوَارِجِ nawāriji

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “نورج”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 655
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 133–134
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “نيرج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 263
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “نورج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 351
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “نورج”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1328