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خجر

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to unpleasant odors, specifically from the posterior, and also encompasses meanings related to abundance, capacity, and sound.

Derived headwords

الخَجَرnoun
  1. 1.
    stench of the posteriorclassical

    A foul odor originating from the anus or lower parts of the body.

خَجِرadjective
  1. 1.
    strong eaterclassical

    Describing a person who eats voraciously or excessively.

  2. 2.
    cowardlyclassical

    Describing someone who is timid or avoids conflict, particularly war.

الخَجَرونnoun
  1. 1.
    strong eatersclassical

    Plural form of a person who eats voraciously.

  2. 2.
    cowardsclassical

    Plural form of someone who is timid or avoids war.

الخَاجِرnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of waterclassical

    The noise made by water flowing down the side of a mountain.

الخَجِيرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    small ample slave girlclassical

    A diminutive form referring to a spacious or ample female slave.

الخَجْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    ample slave girlclassical

    A spacious or ample female slave.

  2. 2.
    wide mouth of a jarclassical

    The wide opening or capacity of a container like a jar or vessel.

Parallel reading

الخجر: نتن السفلة؛ عن كراع، يعني بالسفلة الدبر.
Al-khajr: the stench of the posterior; according to Kra'a, meaning by the posterior the anus.
قال الليث: رجل خجر، والجمع الخجرون، وهو الشديد الأكل الجبان الصداد عن الحرب.
Al-Layth said: a man is khajir, and the plural is al-khajirun, and he is one who eats intensely, a coward who refrains from war.
أبو عمرو: الخاجر صوت الماء على سفح الجبل.
Abu 'Amr: Al-khajir is the sound of water on the mountainside.
ابن الأعرابي: الخجيرة تصغير الخجرة، وهي الواسعة من الإماء.
Ibn al-A'rabi: Al-khajirah is the diminutive of al-khajrah, which is a spacious one among female slaves.
والخجرة أيضا: سعة رأس الحب.
And al-khajrah also means the wide opening of a jar.