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هرطل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something or someone that is tall, large, and imposing in stature. It is used to denote a tall person and, by extension, can refer to anything of significant size or length.

Derived headwords

هَرْطَالnoun
  1. 1.
    tall personboth

    A man who is tall and of great stature.

  2. 2.
    tall thingclassical

    Something that is long or tall.

هَرْطَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be tallclassical

    To be tall and imposing in stature.

Parallel reading

الهرطال الطويل
The tall one is the long one.
قد منيت بناشئ هرطال
I have been afflicted with a growing, tall one.
فازدالها، وأيما ازديال
And he made it grow, and what a growth it was.
ويقال للرجل الطويل العظيم الجسيم: هرطال
And the tall, great, and massive man is called 'hartal'.
وهردبة
And 'hardabah'.
وهقور
And 'haqwur'.
وقنور
And 'qunwur'.