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ءزن

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to spears, specifically those attributed to a historical Yemeni king. It also touches upon the concept of being well-proportioned or balanced, though this is less emphasized in the provided text.

Derived headwords

أَزَنِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Yemeni, attributed to Dhu Yazanclassical

    An adjective referring to something that is attributed to or originates from Dhu Yazan, a king of Yemen. It is specifically used to describe spears.

يَزَنِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Yemeni, attributed to Dhu Yazanclassical

    An adjective referring to something that is attributed to or originates from Dhu Yazan, a king of Yemen. It is used interchangeably with 'azaniyy' to describe spears.

يَزَانِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Yemeni, attributed to Dhu Yazanclassical

    An alternative form of the adjective referring to something attributed to or originating from Dhu Yazan, a king of Yemen, used to describe spears.

أَزَانِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Yemeni, attributed to Dhu Yazanclassical

    Another variant of the adjective referring to something attributed to or originating from Dhu Yazan, a king of Yemen, used to describe spears.

الأَزِنِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Spearsclassical

    A term for spears, considered a linguistic variant of 'al-Yazaniyyah'. The 'ya' is considered the original form.

اليَزِنِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Spearsclassical

    The primary term for spears, from which 'al-Azaniyyah' is derived. The 'ya' is considered the original form.

Parallel reading

الأزنية لغة في اليزنية يعني الرماح، والياء أصل.
Al-Azaniyyah is a linguistic variant of Al-Yazaniyyah, meaning spears, and the 'ya' is the original form.
يقال: رمح أزني ويزني، منسوب إلى ذي يزن أحد ملوك الأذواء من اليمن، وبعضهم يقول يزاني وأزاني.
It is said: an 'azaniyy' spear and a 'yazaniyy' spear, attributed to Dhu Yazan, one of the kings of the Himyarites from Yemen, and some say 'yazaniyy' and 'azaniyy'.