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خزبز

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific type of animal or creature, possibly a dog, and also to an attitude of arrogance or haughtiness.

Derived headwords

الخزبازnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of dogclassical

    A specific kind of dog, possibly a hunting dog or a fierce breed.

الخازبازnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of dogclassical

    Identical to الخزباز, referring to a specific type of dog.

يتخزبزverb
  1. 1.
    To act arrogantlyclassical

    To behave in a haughty, proud, or arrogant manner towards others.

Parallel reading

الخزباز: لغة في الخازباز
Al-khazbaz: a dialectal variant of al-khazbaz.
هو بمنزلة سربال
It is like sirbal (a garment).
مثل الكلاب تهر حول درابها ... ورمت لهازمها من الخزباز
Like dogs barking around their doors... and they threw their jaws from the khazbaz.
وذكر الخازباز مستوفى في ترجمة خوز
And al-khazbaz was mentioned in full in the entry for khuz.
فلان يتخزبز علينا
So-and-so acts arrogantly towards us.
أي يتعظم
Meaning, he acts haughtily.