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دهلك

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a place, with one derived term specifically denoting a type of terrain. The word 'dahlik' is identified as a foreign, Arabized term.

Derived headwords

الدَّهْلَكnoun
  1. 1.
    placeclassical

    A location or a place. This term is identified as a foreign, Arabized word.

الدَّهَالِكnoun
  1. 1.
    black hillsclassical

    Black hills or mounds, a specific type of known terrain.

Parallel reading

والدهالك: آكام سود معروفة
And al-Dahālik: black hills, well-known.
كأن عدوليا زهاء حمولها، ... غدت ترتمي الدهنا بها والدهالك
As if their loads were about to be unloaded, ... they became to be thrown about by the Dahna and the Dahālik.