# Ayn-Ra-Cim-Nun — عرجن (Erjn)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Erjn

- **Meaning:** To strike with a stick, imprint and stamp with a fig or date-stalk. Urjun - dry date-stalk, branch or bough of a tree.
- **Derived forms:** عُرْجُون (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** كَٱلْعُرْجُونِ — kal-ʿur'jūni · "like the date stalk"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَالْقَمَرَ قَدَّرْنَاهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتّٰى عَادَ كَالْعُرْجُونِ الْقَد۪يمِ

Walqamara qaddarnahu manazilahatta AAada kalAAurjooni alqadeem

And the moon: We have determined for it phases, until it returns like the old date-leaf stalk.

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-39.md_

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