فرن

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns ovens and baking, including the oven itself, baked goods, and people associated with baking. It also extends metaphorically to describe large or robust individuals and animals.

Derived headwords

اَلْفُرْنnoun

1.
ovenboth
A structure or appliance used for baking or heating, typically with an enclosed chamber.
2.
bakeryclassical
A place where bread or cakes are baked and sold.

اَلْفُرْنِيّnoun

1.
thick breadclassical
A type of coarse or thick bread, often attributed to a specific place or origin.
2.
food itemclassical
A type of food, specifically a baked item described as a round, large loaf.
3.
robust manclassical
A man who is thick, stout, or large in build.
4.
large dogclassical
A large or stout breed of dog.

وطاح، في المعركة، الفرني — And the robust one fell in the battle.

اَلْفُرْنِيَّةnoun

1.
large round loafclassical
A large, round loaf of bread, attributed to the oven.
2.
specific baked foodclassical
A specific type of baked food, described as being made by folding sides towards the center, then soaked in milk, ghee, and sugar.

فإذا هي مثل الفرنية الحمراء — And behold, it was like the red round loaf.

اَلْفَارِنَةnoun

1.
baker (female)classical
A female baker who makes the specific type of 'furni' bread.

Parallel reading

الفرن: الذي يخبز عليه الفرني، وهو خبز غليظ نسب إلى موضعه، وهو غير التنور

The oven: that on which the 'furni' is baked, which is a thick bread attributed to its place, and it is different from the 'tannur' (clay oven).

قال أبو خراش الهذلي يمدح دبية السلمي: نقاتل جوعهم بمكللات ... من الفرني، يرعبها الجميل

Abu Khurash al-Hudhali said, praising Dubayyah al-Sulami: 'We fight their hunger with thick loaves... of the 'furni', which the beautiful one terrifies.'

قال ابن بري: صوابه يقابل بالياء والباء، والضمير يعود إلى دبية

Ibn al-Barri said: 'The correct reading is 'yuqabil' (he confronts) with the 'ya' and 'ba', and the pronoun refers to Dubayyah.'

يقال: ذحاه يذحوه ويذحاه طرده، بذال معجمة

It is said: 'dhaha' (he drove away) is 'yadhhuwuhu' and 'yadhhahuhu' with a dotted 'dhal'.

وقال الخليل: الفرني طعام، واحدته فرنية

Al-Khalil said: 'Al-furni' is a food, its singular is 'furniyyah'.

وقال ابن دريد: الفرن شيء يختبز فيه، قال: ولا أحسبه عربيا

Ibn Duraid said: 'Al-furn' is something in which one bakes, he said: 'And I do not think it is Arabic.'

غيره: الفرن المخبز، شامية، والجمع أفران

Others said: 'Al-furn' is the bakery, a term from Sham (Syria), and its plural is 'afraan'.

والفرنية: الخبزة المستديرة العظيمة، منسوبة إلى الفرن

And 'al-furniyyah': the large round loaf, attributed to the oven.

والفرني: طعام يتخذ، وهي خبزة مسلكة مصعنبة مضمومة الجوانب إلى الوسط، يسلك بعضها في بعض ثم تروى لبنا وسمنا وسكرا، واحدته فرنية

And 'al-furni': a food that is made, and it is a loaf with folded, difficult sides towards the center, some parts folded into others, then soaked in milk, ghee, and sugar; its singular is 'furniyyah'.

والفارنة: خبازة هذا الفرني المذكور، ويسمى ذلك المختبز فرنا

And 'al-faarinah': the female baker of this mentioned 'furni', and that place of baking is called 'furn'.

وفي كلام بعض العرب: فإذا هي مثل الفرنية الحمراء

And in the speech of some Arabs: 'And behold, it was like the red round loaf.'

والفرني: الرجل الغليظ الضخم؛ قال العجاج: وطاح، في المعركة، الفرني

And 'al-furni': the thick, large man; Al-A'raj said: 'And the robust one fell, in the battle.'

قال ابن بري: والفرني أيضا الضخم من الكلاب، وأنشد بيت العجاج هذا

Ibn al-Barri said: 'And 'al-furni' also means the large one among dogs, and he cited this verse of Al-A'raj.'