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قردم

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses a type of armament, specifically heavy armor or protective garments, often of Persian origin. It also touches upon a medicinal substance and a place name associated with dispersal.

Derived headwords

القردمانيnoun
  1. 1.
    Heavy armorclassical

    A type of armament, specifically heavy armor or protective garments, which the Persians and Sasanian kings used to store in their treasuries. Its origin is Persian, meaning 'made and remaining'.

  2. 2.
    Thick armorclassical

    Thick armor, likened to a 'Kardawani' garment.

  3. 3.
    Type of armorclassical

    A specific kind of armor.

  4. 4.
    Medicineclassical

    A type of medicine, described as Roman caraway.

  5. 5.
    Padded coatclassical

    A padded coat used for warfare, of Persian origin, known as 'Kabr' in Roman or Nabataean.

  6. 6.
    Helmetclassical

    A helmet, especially when it is attached to a helmet shell.

  7. 7.
    Iron and its productsclassical

    The origin of iron and what is made from it, in Persian.

  8. 8.
    Place nameclassical

    A place where iron is worked, according to Al-Sirafi.

القردمانيةnoun
  1. 1.
    Heavy armorclassical

    A type of armament, specifically heavy armor or protective garments, which the Persians and Sasanian kings used to store in their treasuries. Its origin is Persian, meaning 'made and remaining'.

  2. 2.
    Thick armorclassical

    Thick armor, likened to a 'Kardawani' garment.

  3. 3.
    Type of armorclassical

    A specific kind of armor.

كردوانيadjective
  1. 1.
    Thick garmentclassical

    Referring to a thick garment, used to describe armor.

القردحمname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A place name.

قردحمةname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A place name.

قردحمname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A place name.

قندحرةname
  1. 1.
    Dispersalclassical

    Used in the context of people dispersing.

قنذحرةname
  1. 1.
    Dispersalclassical

    Used in the context of people dispersing.

قدحرةname
  1. 1.
    Dispersalclassical

    Used in the context of people dispersing.

قذحرةname
  1. 1.
    Dispersalclassical

    Used in the context of people dispersing.

Parallel reading

القردماني والقردمانية: سلاح معد كانت الفرس والأكاسرة تدخره في خزائنها، أصله بالفارسية كردماند، معناه عمل وبقي
Al-Qardamani and Al-Qardamaniyyah: prepared armament that the Persians and Sasanian kings used to store in their treasuries, its origin is Persian 'Kardmand', meaning 'made and remained'.
فخمة ذفراء ترتى بالعرى ... قردمانيا وتركا كالبصل
Majestic and fragrant, adorned with coverings... Qardamaniyyah and Turk garments like onions.
القردمانية الدروع الغليظة مثل الثوب الكردواني
Al-Qardamaniyyah: the thick armors, like the Kardawani garment.
ويقال: القردماني ضرب من الدروع
And it is said: Al-Qardamani is a type of armor.
القردماني، مقصور، دواء وهو كروياء رومي
Al-Qardamani, shortened, is a medicine, and it is Roman caraway.
هو ممدود كروياء، بفتح الراء وسكون الواو وتخفيف الياء
It is extended caraway, with a fatha on the ra, sukun on the waw, and a light ya.
القردماني قباء محشو يتخذ للحرب، فارسي معرب يقال له كبر بالرومية أو بالنبطية
Al-Qardamani is a padded coat made for war, a Persian loanword, called 'Kabr' in Roman or Nabataean.
ويقال: القردماني ضرب من الدروع، ويقال: هو المغفر
And it is said: Al-Qardamani is a type of armor, and it is said: it is the helmet.
إذا كان للبيضة مغفر فهي قردمانية
If the helmet shell has a helmet, it is Qardamaniyyah.
أحكم الجنثي من عوراتها ... كل حرباء، إذا أكره صل
He secured the helmet from its vulnerable parts... every chameleon, when forced, becomes firm.
فدل على أنها الدرع
This indicates that it is the armor.
وقيل: القردمان أصل للحديد وما يعمل منه بالفارسية
And it is said: Al-Qardaman is the origin of iron and what is made from it in Persian.
وقيل: بل هو بلد يعمل فيه الحديد؛ عن السيرافي
And it is said: rather, it is a country where iron is worked; from Al-Sirafi.
قردحمة: موضع
Qardahmah: a place.
ذهبوا شعاليل بقردحمة أي تفرقوا
They went scattered to Qardahmah, meaning they dispersed.
وفي الغريب المصنف بقردحمة غير مصروف
And in Al-Ghareeb Al-Musannaf, it is Qardahmah, indeclinable.
ذهب القوم بقندحرة وقنذحرة وقدحرة وقذحرة إذا تفرقوا
The people went to Qandahrah, Qundahrah, Qadahrah, and Qadhrah if they dispersed.