hygeenhajeenn.

/hɪˈdʒiːn/

/həˈdʒiːn/

Forms: Also 1500s hugiun, 1700s hajan, etc., hyghgeen, 1800s hadjeen, hejeen, hejin.

Etymology: < Arabic hajīn dromedary, pronounced in Egypt hagīn (compare Syriac hagīnā, huġānā, in the Talmud hōgnā). Ultimate origin uncertain.

A riding dromedary.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [noun] > genus Camelus > camelus dromedarius (dromedary)

dromedary13..

dromedc1380

hygeen1600

Arabian camel1607

mehari1738

deloul1855

Sherari1888

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ix. 338 Of camels there are three kinds; whereof the first being called Hugiun [L. quarum primi Hugiun nuncupati] are grosse, and of a tall stature.

1713 J. Addison in Guardian 3 Aug. 2/1 There has not been a Tyger, Leopard, Elephant or Hyghgeen, for some Years past, in this Nation, but I have taken their particular Dimensions.

1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile IV. 332 If..there was danger, [he] should return..mount a hajan or dromedary, and [etc.].

1803 W. Wittman Trav. in Turkey 216 A smaller and more slender species of the camel, called hedgin, is mounted by the natives and others, and is capable of making a greater progress, on a journey, than a horse.

a1817 J. L. Burckhardt Notes on Bedouins (1830) 260 What is called in Egypt and Africa hedjein, and in Arabia deloul, (both terms signifying the camels trained for riding).

1864 J. A. Grant Walk across Afr. 419 A ‘Hadjeen’, or riding camel, is indispensable to comfort.

1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia I. 325 The dromedary is the race-horse of his species, thin, elegant,..light of step, easy of pace,..though yet more often the dromedary enjoys his special title of ‘hejeen’ or ‘dolool’.

1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 242/1 The ‘hejeen’, or dromedary, sometimes also called ‘delool’, or ‘facile’.

1890 S. W. Baker Wild Beasts II. 374 As a general rule, the hygeens are not so powerfully proportioned as those which carry baggage.

1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 276 The riding camel (..Hagheen, Egypt).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hygeen
释义	hygeenhajeenn. /hɪˈdʒiːn//həˈdʒiːn/ Forms: Also 1500s hugiun, 1700s hajan, etc., hyghgeen, 1800s hadjeen, hejeen, hejin. Etymology: < Arabic hajīn dromedary, pronounced in Egypt hagīn (compare Syriac hagīnā, huġānā, in the Talmud hōgnā). Ultimate origin uncertain. A riding dromedary. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [noun] > genus Camelus > camelus dromedarius (dromedary) dromedary13.. dromedc1380 hygeen1600 Arabian camel1607 mehari1738 deloul1855 Sherari1888 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ix. 338 Of camels there are three kinds; whereof the first being called Hugiun [L. quarum primi Hugiun nuncupati] are grosse, and of a tall stature. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 3 Aug. 2/1 There has not been a Tyger, Leopard, Elephant or Hyghgeen, for some Years past, in this Nation, but I have taken their particular Dimensions. 1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile IV. 332 If..there was danger, [he] should return..mount a hajan or dromedary, and [etc.]. 1803 W. Wittman Trav. in Turkey 216 A smaller and more slender species of the camel, called hedgin, is mounted by the natives and others, and is capable of making a greater progress, on a journey, than a horse. a1817 J. L. Burckhardt Notes on Bedouins (1830) 260 What is called in Egypt and Africa hedjein, and in Arabia deloul, (both terms signifying the camels trained for riding). 1864 J. A. Grant Walk across Afr. 419 A ‘Hadjeen’, or riding camel, is indispensable to comfort. 1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia I. 325 The dromedary is the race-horse of his species, thin, elegant,..light of step, easy of pace,..though yet more often the dromedary enjoys his special title of ‘hejeen’ or ‘dolool’. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 242/1 The ‘hejeen’, or dromedary, sometimes also called ‘delool’, or ‘facile’. 1890 S. W. Baker Wild Beasts II. 374 As a general rule, the hygeens are not so powerfully proportioned as those which carry baggage. 1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 276 The riding camel (..Hagheen, Egypt). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600
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