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جحدر
Root entry · 6 derived lemmasThis 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.Short, curly-haired manboth
A man who is short in stature and has curly hair.
جَحْدَرَةnoun
- 1.Short, curly-haired womanboth
The female equivalent of جَحْدَر, referring to a woman who is short and has curly hair.
الجَحْدَرَةnoun
- 1.Shortness and curly hairboth
The state or quality of being short and having curly hair, used as a noun.
جَحْدَرَverb
- 1.To throw downclassical
To cause someone to fall or be thrown to the ground.
جَحْدَلَverb
- 1.To throw downclassical
An alternative form of the verb جَحْدَرَ, meaning to throw someone down.
جَحْدَرname
- 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.