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خزرق

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to terms for weakness, cowardice, and foolishness. It also includes words for specific types of food and objects, suggesting a semantic drift or specialized usage.

Derived headwords

الخَزْرَاقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    weaklingboth

    A weak or feeble person.

  2. 2.
    cowardclassical

    Someone who is faint-hearted or lacks courage.

حَزْرَاقَةadjective
  1. 1.
    faint-heartedclassical

    Lacking courage; timid or cowardly.

الخَزْرِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    gruel-like foodclassical

    A type of food resembling soup or a thin porridge.

الخَزْرَنَقnoun
  1. 1.
    male spiderclassical

    The male of the spider species.

الخَزْرَانَقnoun
  1. 1.
    type of garmentclassical

    A specific kind of clothing, of Persian origin.

Parallel reading

ولست بحزراقة؛ الزاي قبل الراء، أي بضيق القلب جبان
And I am not a coward; the 'zay' before the 'ra', meaning faint-hearted, a coward.
ورواه شمر ولست بخزراقة، بالخاء معجمة، قال: وهو الأحمق
And Shamir narrated it as 'I am not a Khazraqa', with the 'kha' dotted, he said: it means the foolish one.
الخزريق: طعام شبيه بالحساء أو الحريرة
Al-Khazriq: a food similar to soup or harira.
الخزرنق: ذكر العناكب
Al-Khazranq: the male of spiders.
والخزرانق: ضرب من الثياب فارسي
And Al-Khazranq: a type of garment, Persian.