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جردق

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a type of bread, specifically a loaf. The terms are of Persian origin and have been Arabized. It also includes a proper name derived from this concept.

Derived headwords

الجَرْدَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Loaf of breadboth

    A well-known type of bread, specifically a loaf. It is an Arabized Persian word.

جَرْدَقnoun
  1. 1.
    Loaf of breadboth

    A term for a loaf of bread, considered an Arabized Persian word.

جَرَنْدَقname
  1. 1.
    Proper nameclassical

    A proper name mentioned in the context of a camel associated with a loaf of bread.

الجَرْذَقnoun
  1. 1.
    Loaf of breadboth

    A variant pronunciation or spelling of 'jardaq' (loaf of bread), using the letter 'dhāl' (ذ). It is also an Arabized Persian word.

Parallel reading

الجردقة: معروفة الرغيف، فارسية معربة
Al-jardaqah: the well-known loaf of bread, an Arabized Persian word.
قال أبو النجم: كان بعيرا بالرغيف الجردق
Abu al-Najm said: It was a camel with the loaf of bread, al-jardaq.
والجرذق، بالذال المعجمة: لغة في الجردق
And al-jardhaq, with the dotted 'dhāl': a variant pronunciation for al-jardaq.
كلاهما معرب
Both of them are Arabized words.
ويقال للرغيف جردق
And a loaf of bread is called jardaq.
وهذه الحروف كلها معربة لا أصول لها في كلام العرب
And all these words are Arabized and have no origin in the speech of the Arabs.
ذكره الأزهري
Al-Azhari mentioned it.