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زخرف

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns adornment, decoration, and embellishment, often with a connotation of artificiality or falsehood. It extends to the idea of making something appear beautiful or complete, including the beautification of speech, plants, and even ships.

Derived headwords

الزخرفnoun
  1. 1.
    Adornment, decorationboth

    The primary meaning is decoration or adornment, especially with gold. It can refer to any kind of embellishment that makes something appear beautiful.

  2. 2.
    Goldclassical

    Specifically refers to gold, often used as a material for decoration.

  3. 3.
    Splendor, magnificenceboth

    Can denote the splendor or magnificence of something, such as the earth's adornment with plants.

  4. 4.
    House furnishingsclassical

    Refers to the furnishings or possessions of a house.

  5. 5.
    Decorated shipsclassical

    Specifically refers to ships that are decorated.

  6. 6.
    Insects on waterclassical

    Small flying insects, like gnats, that hover over water.

  7. 7.
    A birdclassical

    A type of bird.

  8. 8.
    Water patternsclassical

    The patterns or ripples on the surface of water.

زخرفverb
  1. 1.
    To adorn, decorateboth

    To make something beautiful or ornate, to embellish it.

  2. 2.
    To complete, perfectclassical

    To make something complete or perfect.

  3. 3.
    To embellish speech falselyclassical

    To make speech sound attractive through falsehood or deception.

زخرفةnoun
  1. 1.
    Decoration, ornamentationboth

    The act or result of decorating or adorning something.

  2. 2.
    Embellishment of speechclassical

    The artful or deceptive embellishment of words.

  3. 3.
    Completeness, perfectionclassical

    The state of being complete or perfect.

مزخرفadjective
  1. 1.
    Decorated, ornateboth

    Something that has been adorned or embellished.

  2. 2.
    Deceptive, falsifiedclassical

    Referring to speech or writing that is embellished with falsehoods.

بيت مزخرفnoun
  1. 1.
    Decorated houseboth

    A house that has been adorned or embellished.

تزخرفverb
  1. 1.
    To adorn oneself, to embellishboth

    To make oneself appear beautiful or decorated.

المزخرفadjective
  1. 1.
    The adorned oneclassical

    One who is adorned or decorated.

زخارفnoun
  1. 1.
    Decorationsboth

    Plural of 'zukhruf', referring to various adornments or embellishments.

  2. 2.
    Decorated shipsclassical

    Specifically refers to decorated ships.

  3. 3.
    Small flying insectsclassical

    Tiny flying insects, like gnats, that are found on water.

زخرف القولnoun
  1. 1.
    Embellished speechclassical

    Speech that is made attractive through falsehood, deception, or flattery.

زخرف الكلامnoun
  1. 1.
    Ornate speechclassical

    The arrangement or composition of speech in an ornate or eloquent manner.

كتاب زخرفnoun
  1. 1.
    Falsified bookclassical

    A book whose contents have been altered, disguised, or falsely embellished.

تزخرفنverb
  1. 1.
    To be adorned (passive)classical

    To be made ornate or decorated.

Parallel reading

الزخرف: الزينة.
Al-zukhruf: adornment.
الزخرف الذهب هذا الأصل، ثم سمي كل زينة زخرفا ثم شبه كل مموه مزور به.
Al-zukhruf is gold, this is the origin, then every adornment was named zukhruf, then everything deceptive and falsified was likened to it.
وزخرف البيت زخرفة: زينه وأكمله.
And he decorated the house with decoration: he adorned it and completed it.
أن النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، لم يدخل الكعبة حتى أمر بالزخرف فنحي ؛ قال: الزخرف هاهنا نقوش وتصاوير تزين بها الكعبة وكانت بالذهب فأمر بها حتى حتت
That the Prophet, peace be upon him, did not enter the Kaaba until he ordered the adornments to be removed; he said: Al-zukhruf here means carvings and images with which the Kaaba was decorated, and they were made of gold, so he ordered them to be scraped off.
ولبيوتهم أبوابا وسررا عليها يتكؤن وزخرفا
And for their houses, doors and couches upon which they recline, and adornments.
إنا نجعلها لهم من فضة ومن زخرف
Indeed, We make them for them of silver and of gold.
نهى أن تزخرف المساجد أي تنقش وتموه بالذهب
He forbade that mosques be decorated, meaning carved and gilded with gold.
لتزخرفنها كما زخرفت اليهود والنصارى ، يعني المساجد.
You will surely decorate them as the Jews and Christians decorated them, meaning the mosques.
لتزخرفت له ما بين خوافق السموات والأرض.
It will be adorned for him from what is between the horizons of the heavens and the earth.
زخرف القول غرورا ، أي حسن القول بترقيش الكذب
Zukhruf of speech for deception, meaning making speech attractive through the embellishment of lies.
حتى إذا أخذت الأرض زخرفها أي زينتها من الأنوار والزهر من بين أحمر وأصفر وأبيض.
Until the earth takes on its adornment, meaning its beauty from the lights and flowers, among red, yellow, and white.
فلن تأتيك حجة إلا دحضت ولا كتاب زخرف إلا ذهب نوره أي كتاب تمويه وترقيش يزعمون أنه من كتب الله وقد حرف أو غير ما فيه وزين ذلك التغيير وموه.
No argument will come to you except it be refuted, and no falsified book except its light will vanish, meaning a book of disguise and embellishment which they claim is from the books of God, but it has been altered or changed, and that change has been adorned and disguised.
والزخارف السفن.
And al-zakhārif are ships.
حتى إذا أخذت الأرض زخرفها ؛ قيل: زينتها بالنبات، وقيل: تمامها وكمالها.
Until the earth takes on its adornment; it was said: its beauty with plants, and it was said: its completeness and perfection.
زخرف الكلام: نظمه.
Zukhruf of speech: its composition.
تزخرف الرجل إذا تزين.
A man تزخرف if he adorns himself.
والزخارف: ذباب صغار ذات قوائم أربع تطير على الماء
And al-zakhārif: small flies with four legs that fly on water.