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قسطن
Root entry · 6 derived lemmasThis root appears to relate to concepts of curvature, dust, and specific anatomical or descriptive terms. It is primarily used in classical Arabic for describing natural phenomena like rainbows and dust clouds, as well as some less common descriptive nouns.
Derived headwords
القِسْطَانِيَّةnoun
- 1.curvatureclassical
Refers to the curvature or crookedness of a rainbow.
القِسْطَالَةnoun
- 1.rainbowclassical
A name for a rainbow.
القِسْطَانnoun
- 1.dustclassical
Refers to dust or dust clouds.
الكَسْطَانnoun
- 1.dustclassical
Refers to dust or dust clouds, synonymous with القسطان.
قِسْطَبِينَةnoun
- 1.penisclassical
A term referring to the penis.
قِسْطَبِيلَةnoun
- 1.penisclassical
A term referring to the penis, synonymous with قسطبينة.
Parallel reading
القسطانية ندأة قوس قزح أي عوجه
Al-Qistāniyyah is the curvature of a rainbow, meaning its crookedness.
ونؤي كقسطانية الدجن ملبد
And a mound like the curvature of the overcast sky, matted together.
القسطالة قوس قزح، وهي القسطانة
Al-Qisṭālah is a rainbow, and it is Al-Qisṭānah.
القسطان والكسطان الغبار
Al-Qusṭān and Al-Kasṭān are dust.
يثير قسطان غبار ذي وهج
He stirs up dust, a dust of glowing heat.
قسطبينته وقسطبيلته يعني الكمرة
His qisṭabīnah and his qisṭabīlah mean the penis.