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جرمق

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to types of footwear, specifically small shoes or slippers, sometimes worn over other shoes. It also extends to refer to specific groups of people, particularly non-Arabs in certain regions like the Levant and Mosul, and has a less common association with parts of a bow.

Derived headwords

الجِرْمَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    small shoeboth

    A small shoe or slipper.

  2. 2.
    overshoeclassical

    A small shoe worn over another shoe.

جَرَامِقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    people of Mosulclassical

    A group of people from Mosul, originally non-Arabs.

  2. 2.
    Levant farmersclassical

    The farmers or agriculturalists of the Levant.

  3. 3.
    a nation/peopleclassical

    A general term for a nation or a group of people.

جِرْمَقَانِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    from the Gramaqaclassical

    Pertaining to or originating from the Gramaqa people.

الجِرْمَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    bowstring attachmentclassical

    The part that binds the string to the end of a bow.

الجَلْمَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    bowstring attachmentclassical

    The part that binds the string to the end of a bow; synonymous with الجرمق in this context.

جُرَنْدَقname
  1. 1.
    proper nameclassical

    A proper name, with no specific etymological meaning derived from the root.

Parallel reading

الجرموق: خف صغير
Al-Jirmāq: a small shoe.
وقيل خف صغير يلبس فوق الخف
And it is said: a small shoe worn over the shoe.
وجرامقة الشام: أنباطها
And the Gramāqah of the Levant: their farmers.
واحدهم جرمقاني
Their singular is Jirmāqānī.
هو جرمقاني
He is Jirmāqānī.
الجرماق والجلماق ما عصب به القوس من العقب
Al-Jirmāq and Al-Jalmāq is what the bow is bound with at the end.
وهو من الحروف المعربة ولا أصل لها في كلام العرب
And it is from the loanwords and has no origin in the speech of the Arabs.
جرندق هو اسم
Jurundaq is a name.