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هنر

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to specific parts of the ear and marking or identifying something. The primary meaning discussed is a pleasing shape of the earlobe, with a secondary meaning related to marking or identifying a garment.

Derived headwords

الهَنَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    earlobeclassical

    The pleasing or beautiful part of the earlobe.

أَهْنَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to markclassical

    To mark or identify a garment, similar to the meaning of 'anara'.

أُنْهِرُverb
  1. 1.
    to markclassical

    The present tense form of the verb meaning to mark or identify a garment.

أَنْرَتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to markclassical

    I marked or identified a garment.

Parallel reading

الهنرة: وقبة الأذن المليحة
Al-hanarah: The pleasing part of the earlobe.
لم يحكها غير صاحب العين.
No one narrated it except the author of Al-'Ayn.
وقال الأزهري: يقال هنرت الثوب بمعنى أنرته أهنيره
And Al-Azhari said: It is said 'hanarta' the garment meaning 'anartahu', I 'unhiruhu'.
وهو أن تعلمه؛
And it is to mark it.
قاله اللحياني.
This was said by Al-Laythiyani.