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كذنق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific tool used by dyers or cloth workers. The primary derived term refers to the pestle or mallet used for pounding fabric.

Derived headwords

الكِذْينَقnoun
  1. 1.
    Dyer's pestleclassical

    The pestle or mallet used by dyers (قصّارين) to pound fabric, likely for softening or finishing it.

كذينقاnoun
  1. 1.
    Dyer's pestleclassical

    A variant or case-inflected form of الكذينق, referring to the pestle used by dyers.

Parallel reading

الكذينق مدق القصارين الذي يدق عليه الثوب
The kidhinq is the pestle of the dyers upon which the cloth is pounded.
قامَة القصعَل الضئيل وكف ... خنصراها كذينقا قصار
The stature of the small one, and her hand... her little finger was like a dyer's pestle.