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قوز

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

The root ق-و-ز primarily denotes a small, round sand dune or hillock. It can also refer to a high or prominent sand dune, sometimes likened to a mountain. Figuratively, it can describe rounded buttocks.

Derived headwords

القوزnoun
  1. 1.
    small round sand duneboth

    A small, round sand dune, often compared to the buttocks of women.

  2. 2.
    high sand duneboth

    A high or elevated sand dune, resembling a mountain.

  3. 3.
    prominent sand duneclassical

    A conspicuous or prominent sand dune.

قوزnoun
  1. 1.
    sand dune (general)both

    A general term for a sand dune.

أقوازnoun
  1. 1.
    sand dunes (plural)both

    The plural form of قوز, referring to multiple sand dunes.

أقاوزnoun
  1. 1.
    sand dunes (plural)classical

    A plural form of قوز, referring to multiple sand dunes.

قيزانnoun
  1. 1.
    sand dunes (plural)both

    A plural form of قوز, referring to multiple sand dunes.

مخلداتnoun
  1. 1.
    eternally young onesclassical

    Refers to eternally young servants or boys, often in paradise.

Parallel reading

القوز من الرمل: صغير مستدير تشبه به أرداف النساء
The qawz of sand: a small, round one, likened to the buttocks of women.
وردفها كالقوز بين القوزين
And her buttocks were like a qawz between two qawz.
وسماعي من العرب في القوز أنه الكثيب المشرف
And what I heard from the Arabs regarding qawz is that it is the prominent sand dune.
محمد في الدهم بهذا القوز
Muhammad was among the dark horses in this qawz.
القوز، بالفتح: العالي من الرمل كأنه جبل
The qawz, with fatha, is the high one of sand, as if it were a mountain.
زوجي لحم جمل غث، على رأس قوز وعث
My husband is lean camel meat, on top of a rough qawz.
القوز نقا مستدير منعطف
The qawz is a round, curving sand dune.
والجمع أقواز وأقاوز
And the plural is aqwaz and aqawiz.
إلى ظعن يقرضن أقواز مشرف شمالا
Towards a caravan cutting through مشرف (prominent) sand dunes to the north.
كأنما أعجازهن أقاوز الكثبان
As if their buttocks were aqawiz of the dunes.
ولدان مخلدون
Eternally young boys.
والكثير قيزان
And the many are qayzan.
لما رأى الرمل وقيزان الغضا
When he saw the sand and the qayzan of the thorny trees.
القوز، بالفتح، الكثيب الصغير
The qawz, with fatha, is the small sand dune.