قمجر

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to reinforcing or covering parts of a bow, possibly with leather or horn. It also has a Persian origin related to bow-making and a derived meaning for a knife sheath.

Derived headwords

المقمجرadjective

1.
Reinforcedclassical
Describing something reinforced or strengthened, particularly a bow. It is also used metaphorically for the humped appearance of camels after a long journey.
2.
Bow-makerclassical
A Persian loanword meaning a maker of bows.

مثل القسي عاجها المقمجر — like bows, their humps were reinforced (describing camels after travel)

قمجرواverb

1.
To reinforceclassical
They reinforced (a bow) with horn and glue.

وقد قمجروا عليها — and they reinforced it

القمجرةnoun

1.
Reinforcementclassical
The act of reinforcing a bow with horn and glue, especially when its sides are feared to weaken.
2.
Coveringclassical
Covering the sides of a bow with horn to conceal wear and tear.

والقمجرة رصف بالعقب والغراء على القوس — and the reinforcement is attaching horn and glue to the bow

القمنجرnoun

1.
Bow-makerclassical
A Persian loanword, also used for a bow-maker.

وهو القمنجر أيضا — and it is also al-Qamanjar

كمانكرnoun

1.
Bow-makerclassical
The original Persian word for a bow-maker.

وأصله بالفارسية كمانكر — and its origin is Persian, Kamanagar

الغمجارnoun

1.
Reinforcementclassical
Something made on a bow when it is weak, consisting of glue and leather.

الغمجار شيء يصنع على القوس من وهي بها — al-Ghamjar is something made on a bow when it is weak

قمجارnoun

1.
Knife sheathclassical
The sheath for a knife.
2.
Reinforcementclassical
A reinforcement made on a bow.

يقال لغلاف السكين القمجار — the sheath of a knife is called al-Qamjar

Parallel reading

وقد أقلتنا المطايا الضمر، ... مثل القسي عاجها المقمجر

And the lean camels carried us, ... like bows, their humps were reinforced.

شبه ظهور إبله بعد دؤوب السفر بالقسي في تقوسها وانحنائها.

He likened the humps of his camels after the continuous travel to bows in their curvature and bending.

وعاجها بمعنى عوجها.

And 'ajaha meaning 'awwajaha (its humps meaning its bending).

وهو القمنجر أيضا، وأصله بالفارسية كمانكر.

And it is also al-Qamanjar, and its origin is Persian, Kamanagar.

والقمجرة رصف بالعقب والغراء على القوس إذا خيف عليها أن تضعف سياتها

And al-Qamjarah is attaching horn and glue to the bow if it is feared that its sides will weaken.

وقد قمجروا عليها.

And they reinforced it.

الغمجار شيء يصنع على القوس من وهي بها، وهي غراء وجلد

Al-Ghamjar is something made on a bow when it is weak, and it is glue and leather.

ورواه ثعلب عن ابن الأعرابي قمجار، بالقاف.

And Tha'lab narrated it from Ibn al-A'rabi as Qamjar, with a Qaf.

يقال لغلاف السكين القمجار.

The sheath of a knife is called al-Qamjar.

وقد جرى المقمجر في كلام العرب

And al-Muqamjar has occurred in the speech of the Arabs.

وقال مرة: القمجرة إلباس ظهور السيتين العقب ليتغطى الشعث الذي يحدث فيهما إذا حنيتا

And once he said: Al-Qamjarah is covering the sides of the two bows with horn so that the roughness that occurs in them when they are bent is covered.