وشن

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to elevated or prominent land, and by extension, to something substantial or coarse. It also extends to terms for specific plants and a type of person.

Derived headwords

الوشنnoun

1.
elevated groundboth
That which is raised or elevated from the earth.

وشنadjective

1.
coarseclassical
Describes a camel that is thick, stout, or coarse in build.

الأوشنadjective

1.
honored guestclassical
One who adorns or brings honor to a man, and who sits with him at his table to eat his food.

الوشنانnoun

1.
saltwortboth
A variant pronunciation or dialectal form of 'ashnan', referring to a type of saltwort plant.

الأشنانnoun

1.
saltwortboth
A plant known as saltwort, which is a type of halophyte (a plant that grows in saline conditions).

التوشنnoun

1.
scarcity of waterclassical
A state of scarcity or lack of water.

Parallel reading

ما ارتفع من الأرض.

That which is elevated from the earth.

وبعير وشن: غليظ.

And a camel (is) 'washan': coarse.

والأوشن: الذي يزين الرجل «2».

And 'al-awshan': he who adorns a man.

ويقعد معه على مائدته يأكل طعامه.

And he sits with him at his table eating his food.

والوشنان: لغة في الأشنان، وهو من الحمض،

And 'al-washnan': a dialectal form for 'al-ashnan', and it is a type of saltwort,

وزعم يعقوب أن وشنانا وأشنانا على البدل.

And Ya'qub claimed that 'washnan' and 'ashnan' are interchangeable.

ابن الأعرابي التوشن قلة الماء.

Ibn al-A'rabi (said) 'al-tawshan' (means) scarcity of water.