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عندم

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a red dye or pigment, often derived from plants or substances resembling blood. It is associated with coloring, particularly for cosmetic purposes like dyeing hair or skin, and is sometimes identified with specific plant resins or blood-like substances.

Derived headwords

العندمnoun
  1. 1.
    Dragon's blood resinboth

    A red resin obtained from certain plants, historically used as a dye and in traditional medicine. It is often described as resembling blood.

  2. 2.
    A red dye/pigmentboth

    A general term for a red coloring substance, possibly derived from plants or minerals, used for dyeing.

  3. 3.
    A specific plantclassical

    A type of tree with red wood or sap, possibly referring to the source of the dye.

الأيدعnoun
  1. 1.
    A red dye/pigmentclassical

    Another name for a red dye or pigment, often used interchangeably with 'al-'indam'.

صبغnoun
  1. 1.
    Dyeboth

    A substance used to color materials, such as fabric, hair, or skin.

  2. 2.
    Pigmentboth

    A colored substance that is mixed with a binder to produce paint or ink.

الداربرنيانnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of dyeclassical

    A specific kind of dye, possibly referring to a plant-based dye or a mixture.

شجرnoun
  1. 1.
    Treesboth

    Woody perennial plants, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance from the ground.

دمnoun
  1. 1.
    Bloodboth

    The red fluid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrates, carrying oxygen and nutrients.

الغزالnoun
  1. 1.
    Gazelleboth

    A swift, slender-limbed antelope, typically with a long neck and tail, found in Africa and Asia.

لحاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Barkboth

    The outer covering of the stems and roots of woody plants.

الأرطىnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of treeclassical

    A desert shrub or tree, possibly referring to a species of Calligonum.

جواريnoun
  1. 1.
    Young womenclassical

    Female slaves or concubines, often young.

يختضبverb
  1. 1.
    To dye (hair/skin)both

    To apply a dye or coloring substance to one's hair, skin, or nails.

سخاميةadjective
  1. 1.
    Sootyboth

    Resembling or covered in soot; black or dark.

حمراءadjective
  1. 1.
    Redboth

    Of a color at the end of the spectrum next to orange and opposite violet, as of blood, fire, or rubies.

البحرينname
  1. 1.
    Bahrainboth

    A country in the Persian Gulf, historically known for trade and specific local customs.

البقمnoun
  1. 1.
    Logwoodclassical

    A dyewood obtained from a tropical American tree, used to produce a red or purple dye.

مائراتnoun
  1. 1.
    Flowing (blood)classical

    Describing blood that is flowing or spreading.

قنةnoun
  1. 1.
    Summitboth

    The highest point or top of something, especially a mountain.

العزىname
  1. 1.
    Al-'Uzzaclassical

    A pre-Islamic Arabian goddess.

النسرname
  1. 1.
    Al-Nasrclassical

    A pre-Islamic Arabian idol or constellation.

Parallel reading

العندم: دم الأخوين.
Al-'indam: Dragon's blood.
وقيل: هو الأيدع.
And it is said: it is al-ayda'.
وقال محارب العندم صبغ الداربرنيان
And Muḥārib said: al-'indam is the dye of al-dārbarniyān.
وقال أبو عمرو: العندم شجر أحمر.
And Abū ʿAmr said: al-'indam is a red tree.
وقال بعضهم: العندم دم الغزال بلحاء الأرطى يطبخان جميعا حتى ينعقدا فتختضب به الجواري؛
And some of them said: al-'indam is the blood of the gazelle with the bark of al-arṭā, they cook them both until they congeal, and the young women dye themselves with it.
هو صبغ زعم أهل البحرين أن جواريهم يختضبن به.
It is a dye that the people of Bahrain claim their young women dye themselves with.
الجوهري: العندم البقم، وقيل: دم الأخوين؛
Al-Jawharī said: al-'indam is logwood, and it is said: dragon's blood.
أما ودماء مائرات تخالها، ... على قنة العزى وبالنسر، عندما
By the flowing bloods that you would think them... on the summit of Al-'Uzza and by Al-Nasr, when...