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جهرم

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a type of fabric or garment, specifically associated with a place name. It also refers to the place itself and the fabric made there.

Derived headwords

الجَهْرَمِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Garments from Jahramclassical

    Clothing attributed to Jahram, similar to carpets and the like. It is said to be made of linen.

جَهْرَمname
  1. 1.
    Jahramclassical

    A village in Persia from which certain garments and carpets are named.

جَهْرَمnoun
  1. 1.
    Carpetclassical

    The carpet itself can also be called Jahram.

Parallel reading

الجهرمية: ثياب منسوبة من نحو البسط وما يشبهها، يقال هي من كتان
Al-Jahramiyyah: garments attributed [to a place], like carpets and what resembles them; it is said to be made of linen.
بل بلد ملء الفجاج قتمه، ... لا يشترى كتانه وجهرمه
Rather, a land filling the passes with its darkness, ... its linen and its Jahram are not bought.
جعله اسما بإخراج ياء النسبة.
He made it a noun by removing the relative 'ya'.
جهرم قرية من قرى فارس تنسب إليها الثياب والبسط
Jahram is a village in Persia to which garments and carpets are attributed.
وقد يقال للبساط نفسه جهرم
And the carpet itself may be called Jahram.