حرمل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a specific plant, its seeds, and its medicinal uses. It also extends to a man's name and a place name, with the plant's properties influencing its figurative use.

Derived headwords

الحَرْمَلnoun

1.
plant seedsboth
Seeds of a plant, similar to sesame seeds, used for fragrance or medicinal purposes.
2.
plantclassical
A type of plant, with two varieties described: one with leaves like the poplar and jasmine-like flowers, and another with longer, rounder seed pods. It is noted that only goats eat this plant.
3.
incenseclassical
The seeds of the plant used for fumigation or incense.

حَرْمَلَةnoun

1.
seedclassical
A single seed of the harmal plant.

حَرْمَلَةname

1.
man's nameclassical
A proper name for a man, derived from the plant.

الحُرَيْمِلَةnoun

1.
small treeclassical
A small tree resembling a pomegranate, with finer leaves and smaller seed pods than the pomegranate. Its dried fruit opens to reveal soft cotton used for stuffing.

حَرْمَلَاءname

1.
place nameclassical
A name of a place.

Parallel reading

الحرمل حب كالسمسم، واحدته حرملة.

Al-harmal is a seed like sesame; its singular is harmalah.

ونوع ورقه كورق الخلاف ونوره كنور الياسمين يطيب به السمسم وحبه في سنفة كسنفة العشرق

And a type whose leaves are like the poplar's leaves and its blossom like the jasmine's blossom, by which sesame is perfumed, and its seed is in a pod like the pod of the 'asharah.

ونوع سنفته طوال مدورة

And a type whose pod is long and round.

والحرمل لا يأكله شيء إلا المعزى

And nothing eats the harmal except goats.

وقد تطبخ عروقه فيسقاها المحموم إذا ماطلته الحمى

And its roots may be cooked and given to a feverish person to drink if the fever lingers.

هم حرمل أعيا على كل آكل مبيتا، ولو أمسى سوامهم دثرا

They are harmal, baffling to every eater by night, even if their flocks were to become worn out by morning.

حرملة: اسم رجل، من ذلك

Harmalah: a man's name, derived from this.

أحيا أباه هاشم بن حرمله

He revived his father, Hashim bin Harmalah.

والحريملة: شجرة مثل الرمانة الصغيرة ورقها أدق من ورق الرمان خضراء تحمل جراء دون جراء العشر

And al-huraymalah: a tree like a small pomegranate, its leaves finer than pomegranate leaves, green, bearing pods smaller than the pods of the 'asharah.

فإذا جفت انشقت عن ألين قطن، فتحشى به المخاد فتكون ناعمة جدا خفيفة

When it dries, it splits open to reveal the softest cotton, which is used to stuff pillows, making them very soft and light.

وتهدى إلى الأشراف.

And it is gifted to nobles.

وحرملاء: موضع.

And Haramla': a place.

الجوهري: الحرمل هذا الحب الذي يدخن به

Al-Jawhari: Al-harmal is this seed with which one fumigates.