سجن

See also: سحن and سخن

Arabic

Root
س ج ن (s-j-n)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sid͡ʒn/
  • (file)

Verb

سَجَنَ • (sajana) I, non-past يَسْجُنُ‎ (yasjunu)

  1. to confine, to imprison
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:32:
      وَلَئِن لَّمْ يَفْعَلْ مَا آمُرُهُ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُونًا مِّنَ الصَّاغِرِينَ
      walaʔin llam yafʕal mā ʔāmuruhu layusjananna walayakūnan mmina ṣ-ṣāḡirīna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to conceal in one's inner

Conjugation

Noun

سَجْن • (sajn) m

  1. verbal noun of سَجَنَ (sajana) (form I)
  2. confinement, imprisonment

Declension

Noun

سِجْن • (sijn) m (plural سُجُون (sujūn))

  1. prison, jail

Declension

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi سجن (sjn /⁠sjn⁠/) / ساجن (sājan), from Prakrit 𑀲𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀡 (sajjaṇa), from Sanskrit सज्जन (sajjana, good man), from सन्त् (sánt) + जन (jána). Cognate with Saraiki سَجَّݨ (sajjaṇ) / سَجَݨ (sajaṇ), Sindhi سَڄَڻُ (saj̄aṇu), Marathi साजण (sājaṇ) and Urdu ساجَن (sājan) / Hindi साजन (sājan).

Pronunciation

Noun

سَجَّݨ • (sajjaṇ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੱਜਣ)

  1. (poetic) lover; beloved
  2. friend, companion
  3. husband
  4. (formal, usually in the plural) dear, respected (people)

Declension

Declension of سجن
dir. sg. سَجَّݨ (sajjaṇ)
dir. pl. سَجَّݨ (sajjaṇ)
singular plural
direct سَجَّݨ (sajjaṇ) سَجَّݨ (sajjaṇ)
oblique سَجَّݨ (sajjaṇ) سَجَّݨاں (sajjaṇāṉ)
vocative سَجَّݨا (sajjaṇā) سَجَّݨو (sajjaṇo)
ablative سَجَّݨوں (sajjaṇoṉ)
locative سَجَّݨے (sajjaṇe) سَجَّݨِیں (sajjaṇīṉ)
instrumental سَجَّݨے (sajjaṇe) سَجَّݨِیں (sajjaṇīṉ)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سجّن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਸੱਜਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sajjana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 757

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س ج ن
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَجَنَ (sajana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.ʒan/, [ˈsa.ʒan], [ˈsa.d͡ʒan]
  • (file)

Verb

سجن • (sajan) I (present بسجن (bisjin))

  1. to imprison
    Synonym: حبس (ḥabas)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of سجن (sajan)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سجنت (sajant) سجنت (sajant) سجن (sajan) سجننا (sajanna) سجنتو (sajantu) سجنو (sajanu)
f سجنتي (sajanti) سجنت (sajnat)
present m بسجن (basjin) بتسجن (btisjin) بسجن (bisjin) منسجن (mnisjin) بتسجنو (btisjinu) بسجنو (bisjinu)
f بتسجني (btisjini) بتسجن (btisjin)
subjunctive m أسجن (ʔasjin) تسجن (tisjin) يسجن (yisjin) نسجن (nisjin) تسجنو (tisjinu) يسجنو (yisjinu)
f تسجني (tisjini) تسجن (tisjin)
imperative m اسجن (isjin) اسجنو (isjinu)
f اسجني (isjini)
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