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جُلْجُلٌ جلجل [A little bell, consisting of a hollow ball of copper or brass or other metal, perforated, and containing a loose solid ball;] a small جَرَس [or bell]; (Msb, K;) a thing that is hung to the neck of a horse or similar beast, or to the leg of a hawk: (Mgh:) pl. جَلَاجِلُ. (S, Mgh, Msb.) You say, فُلَانٌ يُعَلِّقُ الجُلْجُلَ فِى عُنُقِهِ [Such a one hangs the little bell upon his neck;] meaning, (tropical:) such a one imperils, or endangers, himself. (TA.) Abu-n-Nejm says, “ إِِلَّا ا@مْرَأٌ يَعْقِدُ خَيْطَ الجُلْجُلِ
” [Except a man who ties the string of the little bell;] meaning, (tropical:) except a bold man, who imperils himself: AA says that it is a prov., meaning, except a man who makes himself notorious, so that no one precedes him except a courageous man who cares not for him, and who is stubborn and notorious. (TA.) ― -b2- See also جُلَاجِلٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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