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طزج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to freshness, purity, and being new or recently acquired. It is often contrasted with something old, stale, or impure. The concept extends to the idea of something being refined or unadulterated.

Derived headwords

طَازِجadjective
  1. 1.
    freshboth

    Newly obtained, produced, or prepared; not stale or preserved. This is the most common meaning in modern usage.

  2. 2.
    pure, unadulteratedclassical

    Refined, clean, and free from impurities or adulteration. In a classical context, it signifies something of high quality and purity.

طَزَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    freshnessboth

    The quality or state of being fresh, new, or recently acquired.

  2. 2.
    purityclassical

    The state of being pure, unadulterated, or refined.

Parallel reading

تَأْتِينَا بِهَذِهِ الْأَحَادِيثِ قِسِيَّةً وَتَأْخُذُهَا مِنَّا طَازِجَةً
You bring us these traditions stale and take them from us fresh.
الْقِسِيَّةُ: الرَّدِيئَةُ
Al-qasiyyah: the bad/stale.
وَالطَّازِجَةُ: الْخَالِصَةُ الْمُنَقَّاةُ
And al-tazijah: the pure, the refined.
وَكَأَنَّهُ تَعْرِيفٌ تَازَهٌ بِالْفَارِسِيَّةِ
And it is as if it is a definition of 'tazeh' in Persian.