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صنخر

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe large, robust, or perhaps clumsy entities, specifically focusing on camels and, by extension, large or foolish men. It also has a distinct meaning related to dry, barren land.

Derived headwords

الصَّنْخَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Large camelclassical

    A large, robust camel.

  2. 2.
    Foolish personclassical

    A foolish or unintelligent person.

  3. 3.
    Dry landclassical

    Dry, barren, or arid land.

صَنَاخِرnoun
  1. 1.
    Large camelclassical

    A large, long, and robust camel.

  2. 2.
    Large manclassical

    A large, tall man.

صَنْخَرadjective
  1. 1.
    Largeclassical

    Describing a camel as large and robust.

  2. 2.
    Foolishclassical

    Describing a person as foolish or unintelligent.

صَنْخَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Dry landclassical

    Dry, barren, or arid land.

صُنْخُرnoun
  1. 1.
    Dry landclassical

    Dry, barren, or arid land.

صَنْعَبَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Treeclassical

    A type of tree, also called الصعبر (al-Sa'bar).

الصَّعْبَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Treeclassical

    A type of tree, also known as الصنعبر (al-San'abar).

Parallel reading

الصنخر والصنخر الجمل الضخم.
Al-sanakhar and al-sankhar (referring to the same word with slight vocalization difference) is a large camel.
وهو الأحمق
And it (al-sankhar) means the foolish one.
وهو البر اليابس.
And it (al-sankhar) means the dry, barren land.
جمل صنخر وصناخر عظيم طويل من الرجال والإبل.
A camel that is sanakhar and sanakhar (plural or intensified form) is large and long, referring to men and camels.
الصنعبر: شجرة، ويقال لها الصعبر.
Al-san'abar: a tree, and it is also called al-Sa'bar.