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خندع

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific type of insect, possibly a grasshopper or cricket, with variations in size.

Derived headwords

الخِنْدَعnoun
  1. 1.
    Small grasshopperclassical

    A small insect, specifically smaller than a standard grasshopper.

خِنْدَعnoun
  1. 1.
    Insectclassical

    A general term for an insect, particularly one resembling a grasshopper.

Parallel reading

الخندع، بالخاء: أصغر من الجندب؛ حكاه ابن دريد.
Al-khindac, with a kha: smaller than al-jundab; narrated by Ibn Duraid.