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هذخر

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be very rare, possibly only attested in a single quadriliteral form. The primary meaning relates to a specific type of proud or ostentatious gait, and by extension, managing household affairs.

Derived headwords

التَهَذْخُرnoun
  1. 1.
    strutting, swaggeringclassical

    The act of walking with a proud, ostentatious, or swaggering gait.

  2. 2.
    managing household affairsclassical

    By extension, the act of managing or overseeing the affairs of a household.

تهذخرverb
  1. 1.
    to strut, to swaggerclassical

    To walk with a proud, ostentatious, or swaggering gait.

  2. 2.
    to manage household affairsclassical

    To manage or oversee the affairs of a household.

Parallel reading

أهملت الهاء مع الخاء في الرباعي فلم أجد فيه شيئا غير حرف واحد وهو التهذخر
I neglected the Hāʼ with the Khāʼ in the quadriliteral [form] and did not find anything in it except one word, which is al-tahadhkhur.
لكل مولى طيلسان أخضر، ... وكامخ وكعك مدور، وطفلة في بيته تهذخر
For every master [there is] a green cloak, ... and kamakh and round cakes, and a young woman in his house who struts.
أي تبختر
Meaning, she struts.
ويقال: تقوم له بأمر بيته
And it is said: she manages his household affairs for him.