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خزرج

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a type of wind, specifically the south wind, and its characteristics such as coldness or intensity. It is also used as a proper name for a man and famously for a major tribe of the Ansar in Medina.

Derived headwords

الخَزْرَجnoun
  1. 1.
    South windclassical

    A term used to describe the south wind, often characterized as cold or strong.

  2. 2.
    Cold windclassical

    Alternatively, it can refer to any cold wind, not exclusively the south wind.

  3. 3.
    Intense windclassical

    It can also denote a strong or fierce wind.

خَزْرَجname
  1. 1.
    Man's nameclassical

    A proper name for a man.

الخَزْرَجname
  1. 1.
    Ansar tribeclassical

    The name of a major tribe of the Ansar in Medina, historically significant in Islam.

Parallel reading

الخزرج: من نعت الريح.
Al-Khazraj: a description of the wind.
الخزرج ريح الجنوب، وقيل: هي الريح الباردة؛
Al-Khazraj is the south wind, and it is said: it is the cold wind;
قال أبو ذؤيب: غدون عجالى، وانتحتهن خزرج، ... مقفية آثارهن هدوج
Abu Dhu'ayb said: They went out early, and Khazraj pursued them... their tracks were heavy.
وقيل: هي الشديدة.
And it was said: it is the intense one.
قال الفراء: خزرج هي الجنوب غير مجراة.
Al-Farra' said: Khazraj is the south wind, not flowing in its usual course.
والخزرج: اسم رجل.
And Al-Khazraj: is the name of a man.
والخزرج: قبيلة الأنصار.
And Al-Khazraj: is the tribe of the Ansar.
قبيلة الأنصار هي الأوس والخزرج، ابنا قيلة، وهي أمهما نسبا إليها، وهما ابنا حارثة بن ثعلبة من اليمن.
The tribe of the Ansar are the Aws and the Khazraj, sons of Qaylah, and she is their mother to whom they are attributed, and they are the sons of Harithah ibn Tha'labah from Yemen.
قال ابن الأعرابي: الخزرج ريح الجنوب، وبه سميت القبيلة الخزرج، وهي أنفع من الشمال.
Ibn Al-A'rabi said: Al-Khazraj is the south wind, and by it the tribe Al-Khazraj was named, and it is more beneficial than the north wind.