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خرشف

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to rough, coarse, or uneven ground, often with a connotation of being difficult to traverse. It can also refer to specific geographical locations characterized by such terrain.

Derived headwords

الكِرشَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Rough groundclassical

    Refers to land that is thick, coarse, and difficult to traverse.

الكِرشَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Rough groundclassical

    Refers to land that is thick, coarse, and difficult to traverse.

كِرْشَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Rough groundclassical

    A variant term for thick, coarse, and difficult terrain.

خِرْشَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Rough groundclassical

    A variant term for thick, coarse, and difficult terrain.

كِرْشَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Rough groundclassical

    A variant term for thick, coarse, and difficult terrain.

خِرْشَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Rough groundclassical

    A variant term for thick, coarse, and difficult terrain.

خِرْشَافname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A specific location in the region of Al-Bayda' among the Banu Jadhima, situated by the sea of Bahrain, characterized by sandy terrain with fresh water springs underneath and rain-fed date palms.

Parallel reading

الكِرشَفَة الأرض الغليظة وهي الخرشفة.
Al-kirshafa is the thick ground, and it is al-kharshafa.
ويقال كرشفة وخرشفة وكرشاف وخرشاف.
And it is said kirshafa, kharshafa, kirshaf, and khirshaf.
وبالبيضاء من بلاد بني جذيمة بسيف البحرين موضع يقال له خرشاف في رمال وعثة تحتها أحساء عذبة الماء، عليها نخل بعل.
And in Al-Bayda' from the lands of Banu Jadhima, by the sea of Bahrain, is a place called Khirshaf, in sandy, rough terrain with fresh water springs beneath it, and rain-fed date palms upon it.