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زبرج

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

The root 'zbrj' primarily relates to adornment, decoration, and embellishment. It extends to encompass various forms of beauty, including precious stones, fine fabrics, and even the deceptive allure of worldly possessions. The root also describes certain types of clouds, particularly those with color or fine texture.

Derived headwords

الزبرجnoun
  1. 1.
    Embroideryboth

    Intricate decorative needlework, often colorful and elaborate.

  2. 2.
    Goldclassical

    The precious metal, used here metaphorically for something valuable or intensely hot.

  3. 3.
    Ornamentation of weaponsclassical

    Decorative elements or embellishments applied to weaponry.

  4. 4.
    Thin, reddish cloudsclassical

    Clouds that are delicate in texture and possess a hue of red.

  5. 5.
    Mottled cloudsclassical

    Clouds that are streaked or spotted with black and red.

  6. 6.
    Worldly allureclassical

    The deceptive beauty and temptations of material possessions and life.

  7. 7.
    Patternboth

    A decorative design or motif.

زبرجverb
  1. 1.
    To adornboth

    To make something beautiful or attractive through decoration.

  2. 2.
    To embellishboth

    To add decorative details or features to something.

مزبرجadjective
  1. 1.
    Adornedboth

    Decorated or embellished.

  2. 2.
    Beautifulboth

    Possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.

مزبرجnoun
  1. 1.
    Adorned thingclassical

    Something that has been decorated or embellished.

الزبرجدnoun
  1. 1.
    Emeraldboth

    A precious green gemstone.

الزبردجnoun
  1. 1.
    Emeraldclassical

    A precious green gemstone (variant form).

Parallel reading

والزبرج: الوشي.
And al-zabarj: embroidery.
والزبرج: الذهب؛
And al-zabarj: gold;
يغلي الدماغ به كغلي الزبرج
The brain boils with it like the boiling of gold.
والزبرج: زينة السلاح.
And al-zabarj: ornamentation of weapons.
والزبرج: السحاب الرقيق فيه حمرة.
And al-zabarj: the thin clouds with redness in them.
والزبرج: السحاب النمر بسواد وحمرة في وجهه؛
And al-zabarj: the mottled clouds with blackness and redness on their face;
سفر الشمال الزبرج المزبرجا
The north wind cleared the mottled clouds.
وقيل: هو الأحمر منه؛
And it was said: it is the red one of them;
وسحاب مزبرج.
And mottled clouds.
الفراء: الزبرج السحاب الرقيق؛
Al-Farra': Al-zabarj is the thin clouds;
وزبرج الدنيا: غرورها وزينتها.
And the adornment of the world: its deception and its beauty.
والزبرج: النقش.
And al-zabarj: the pattern.
وزبرج الشيء: حسنه.
And to adorn a thing: to make it beautiful.
وكل شيء حسن: زبرج؛
And everything beautiful: is adorned;
حليت الدنيا في أعينهم وراقهم زبرجها.
The world was adorned in their eyes and its adornment pleased them.
والزبردج: الزمرذ؛
And al-zabardaj: the emerald;