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دزج

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to sounds, specifically those associated with animals or objects, and potentially to a specific color or hue. It is also linked to concepts of speed and mixing.

Derived headwords

دزجnoun
  1. 1.
    soundclassical

    A sound, possibly a humming or buzzing, associated with the devil's departure.

  2. 2.
    colorclassical

    A color that is intermediate between two other colors, not pure.

دِيزَجnoun
  1. 1.
    colorclassical

    A Persian loanword referring to a color that is between two other colors, not pure.

هَزَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundclassical

    To make a sound, specifically a humming or buzzing sound, like that of thunder or insects.

  2. 2.
    to make a twanging soundclassical

    To make a twanging or resonant sound, as a bow does when an arrow is released.

هُزَجnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of thunderclassical

    The sound of thunder.

  2. 2.
    sound of insectsclassical

    The sound of flies or buzzing insects.

  3. 3.
    twanging soundclassical

    A resonant or twanging sound, like that of a bowstring.

  4. 4.
    whistleclassical

    A whistling or humming sound.

تَهَزَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundclassical

    To make a sound, particularly a resonant or twanging sound, like a bow.

هَرِجَverb
  1. 1.
    to move quicklyclassical

    To move quickly, as a horse does.

  2. 2.
    to be mixedclassical

    To be mixed or confused, as in speech.

هَرَجnoun
  1. 1.
    fast runningclassical

    The fast running or gait of a horse.

  2. 2.
    confusionclassical

    Confusion, disorder, or mixing, especially in speech.

دَرَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to dieclassical

    To die, especially without leaving offspring.

  2. 2.
    to growclassical

    To grow or develop, as a child does.

دَرَجnoun
  1. 1.
    dyingclassical

    The act of dying, particularly without leaving descendants.

  2. 2.
    growthclassical

    The process of growing or developing, as a child.

وَزَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundclassical

    To make a sound, described as lower than a 'hizj'.

وُزَجnoun
  1. 1.
    low soundclassical

    A sound that is lower or less resonant than a 'hizj'.

Parallel reading

أدبر الشيطان وله هزج ودزج
The devil departed, making a hizj and a dazj sound.
قال: قال أبو موسى: الهزج صوت الرعد والذبان.
He said: Abu Musa said: Al-hazaj is the sound of thunder and flies.
وتهزجت القوس: صوتت عند خروج السهم منها
And the bow made a hazaj sound: it made a sound when the arrow was released from it.
والديزج معرب ديزه، وهي لون، بين لونين، غير خالص.
And al-dizaj is a Persian loanword for dizah, which is a color, between two colors, not pure.
فالهرج: سرعة عدو الفرس والاختلاط في الحديث
Al-haraj: the speed of a horse's run and confusion in speech.
والدرج: مصدر درج إذا مات ولم يخلف نسلا، على قول الأصمعي.
And al-daraj: the masdar of daraja if one dies without leaving offspring, according to Al-Asma'i.
ودرج الصبي هذا حكاية قول أبي موسى في باب الدال مع الزاي
And the child grew, this is a narration of Abu Musa's saying in the chapter of Dal with Zay.
أدبر الشيطان وله هزج ودزج
The devil departed, making a hazaj and dazaj sound.
وفي رواية: وزج، قيل: الهزج الرنة، والوزج دونه.
And in another narration: wazaj. It was said: Al-hazaj is the resonance, and al-wazaj is below it.