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حندج

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes types of sand dunes and sandy terrain, often characterized by their size, texture, and ability to support vegetation. It can also extend metaphorically to describe large, robust camels.

Derived headwords

الحندجnoun
  1. 1.
    good sand duneclassical

    A type of good sand, capable of growing various plants.

الحندجةnoun
  1. 1.
    good sand duneclassical

    A type of good sand, capable of growing various plants.

  2. 2.
    large sand duneclassical

    A large sand dune.

الحندوجnoun
  1. 1.
    unyielding sandclassical

    Sand that does not yield or move easily in the ground, but is fertile.

الحناديجnoun
  1. 1.
    long sand dunesclassical

    Long sand dunes.

  2. 2.
    short sand dunesclassical

    Short sand dunes.

  3. 3.
    large camelsclassical

    Large, robust camels, likened to sand dunes.

حندجnoun
  1. 1.
    sand duneclassical

    A single sand dune.

حندوجةnoun
  1. 1.
    sand duneclassical

    A single sand dune.

Parallel reading

الحندج والحندجة: رملة طيبة تنبت ألوانا من النبات
Al-ḥindaj and al-ḥindajah: a good sand dune that grows various kinds of plants.
على أقحوان في حنادج حرة
Upon anemones in free-standing sand dunes.
وقيل: الحندجة الرملة العظيمة
And it is said: al-ḥindajah is a large sand dune.
الحندوج رمل لا ينقاد في الأرض ولكنه منبت
Al-ḥindūj is sand that does not yield in the ground but is fertile.
الحناديج حبال الرمل الطوال
Al-ḥanādīj are long ropes of sand (long dunes).
وقيل: الحناديج رمال قصار
And it is said: al-ḥanādīj are short sand dunes.
يثور من مشافر الحنادج
It stirs up from the edges of the sand dunes.
الحنادج الإبل الضخام، شبهت بالرمال
Al-ḥanādij are large camels, likened to sand dunes.
من در جوف جلة حنادج
From the milk of the bellies of large, robust camels.