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جحدر

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a short, curly-haired man, with related terms for the female equivalent and the act of throwing someone down. It also appears as a proper name.

Derived headwords

الجَحْدَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Short, curly-haired manboth

    A man who is short in stature and has curly hair.

جَحْدَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Short, curly-haired womanboth

    The female equivalent of جَحْدَر, referring to a woman who is short and has curly hair.

الجَحْدَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Shortness and curly hairboth

    The state or quality of being short and having curly hair, used as a noun.

جَحْدَرَverb
  1. 1.
    To throw downclassical

    To cause someone to fall or be thrown to the ground.

جَحْدَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To throw downclassical

    An alternative form of the verb جَحْدَرَ, meaning to throw someone down.

جَحْدَرname
  1. 1.
    Proper nameboth

    A proper name for a man.

Parallel reading

الرجل الجعد القصير
The short, curly-haired man.
والأنثى جحدرة
And the female is جحدرة.
والاسم الجحدرة
And the noun is الجحدرة.
ويقال: جحدر صاحبه
And it is said: he جحدر his companion.
وجحدله إذا صرعه
And he جحدله if he threw him down.
وجحدر: اسم رجل
And جحدر: a man's name.