The triliteral root jīm fā nūn (ج ف ن) occurs only once in the Quran, as the noun jifān (جِفَان). The translation below is a brief gloss intended as a guide to meaning. An Arabic word may have a range of meanings depending on context. Click on the word for more linguistic information, or to suggestion a correction.
Noun
(34:13:8) wajifānin | and bowls | يَعْمَلُونَ لَهُ مَا يَشَاءُ مِنْ مَحَارِيبَ وَتَمَاثِيلَ وَجِفَانٍ كَالْجَوَابِ |
See Also
- Lane's Lexicon - Classical Arabic dictionary