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طهمل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root describes something or someone that is large, ugly, or misshapen in form. It is primarily used to describe women, but can also refer to objects lacking discernible size or shape.

Derived headwords

الطَّهْمَلnoun
  1. 1.
    Large, ugly personboth

    A person, particularly a woman, who is large and ugly in form. It can also refer to someone who is thin or delicate.

طَهْمَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Ugly, dark womanclassical

    A woman who is dark-skinned and ugly in form. This term is specifically used for women.

طَهْمَلadjective
  1. 1.
    Large and uglyboth

    Describing someone or something as large and ugly in form.

طَهْمَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Lack of discernible sizeclassical

    Something that lacks a discernible size or shape when touched, implying it is indistinct or formless.

الطَّهَامِلnoun
  1. 1.
    Large, bulky individualsclassical

    Plural form referring to individuals who are large and bulky.

Parallel reading

الطهمل: الجسيم القبيح الخلقة، والمرأة طهملة.
Al-tahmal: the large, ugly in form, and a woman is tahmala.
وقفت امرأة على عمر، رضي الله عنه، فقالت: إني امرأة طهملة ؛ هي الجسيمة القبيحة، وقيل الدقيقة.
A woman stood before Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, and said: 'I am a tahmala woman'; she is the large, ugly one, and it is said the delicate one.
والطهمل: الذي لا يوجد له حجم إذا مس.
And al-tahmal: that which has no discernible size when touched.
والطهملة والطهملة؛ الأخيرة عن كراع، من النساء: السوداء القبيحة الخلق؛
And al-tahmala and al-tahmala; the latter from Kara', of women: the dark-skinned, ugly in creation;
يعني قباح الخلقة.
meaning ugly in form.
والطهامل: الضخام.
And al-tahamal: the bulky ones.