لجنة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ل ج ن (l-j-n).

Noun

لَجْنَة (lajna) f (plural لَجَنَات (lajanāt) or لِجَان (lijān) or لِجَن (lijan))

  1. committee, commission, council
  2. jury (in a competition)
  3. assenting majority

Declension

References

  • Haywood, J.A.; Nahmad, H.M. (1965), لجنة”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), لجنة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), لجنة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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