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قردن

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the back of the neck or the nape, and by extension, the hindquarters or rear. It also has a derived form referring to a type of desert.

Derived headwords

قَرْدَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to seize by the napeclassical

    To grasp someone or something by the back of the neck.

قِرْدَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    nape of the neckclassical

    The back part of the neck.

كِرْدَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    nape of the neckclassical

    The back part of the neck.

كِرْدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    nape of the neckclassical

    The back part of the neck.

قُرْصُطُونnoun
  1. 1.
    desertclassical

    An arid, barren, and desolate land.

Parallel reading

خذ بقردنه وكردنه وكرده أي بقفاه
Take him by his qardana, kurdana, or kurda, meaning by his nape.
القرصطون: القفار
Al-qursutun: the deserts.