هرا

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to striking with a stick or club, and by extension, to cooking or maturing something. It also encompasses terms for large objects, specific places, and dyeing.

Derived headwords

الهراوةnoun

1.
club, maceboth
A stick, or specifically a large, thick stick or club.

وخرج صاحب الهراوة — And the owner of the club went forth

هراوةnoun

1.
club, maceboth
A stick, or specifically a large, thick stick or club.

هراوىnoun

1.
clubs, macesboth
The plural of هراوة (hirāwah), referring to clubs or large sticks.

ينوخ ثم يضرب بالهراوى — He kneels then strikes with the clubs

هريnoun

1.
clubs, macesclassical
An irregular plural of هراوة (hirāwah), referring to clubs or large sticks.

إذا اختلفت في الهراوى الدمامك — when the drums of your blood clash in the clubs

هراverb

1.
to strike with a clubboth
To strike someone with a club or large stick.

هراه بالهراوة يهروه هروا — He struck him with the club, striking him a striking

يهروهverb

1.
to strike with a clubboth
He strikes him with a club or large stick.

هراه بالهراوة يهروه هروا — He struck him with the club, striking him a striking

هرواnoun

1.
striking with a clubboth
The act of striking someone with a club or large stick.

هراه بالهراوة يهروه هروا — He struck him with the club, striking him a striking

تهراهverb

1.
to strike with a clubboth
To strike someone repeatedly with a club or large stick.

تهراه: ضربه بالهراوة — to strike him with the club

تُهِرّتْverb

1.
to be struck by a clubboth
Passive form, meaning to be struck with a club or large stick.

إذا تهرت عبدها الهاريه — when her slave struck her with the club

الهاريnoun

1.
striker with a clubboth
One who strikes with a club or large stick.

إذا تهرت عبدها الهاريه — when her slave struck her with the club

هريتهverb

1.
to strike with a stickclassical
A variant pronunciation or dialectal form of هروته (harawtuhu), meaning to strike with a stick.

وهريته بالعصا: لغة في هروته — And I struck him with the stick: a variant pronunciation of 'I struck him with the club'

هرأverb

1.
to cook, to matureclassical
To cook meat until it is thoroughly done or mature.

وخالفه سائر أهل اللغة فقال هرأ — And the rest of the linguists disagreed with him, saying 'hara' (to cook)

الهريnoun

1.
granaryclassical
A large, big house where the Sultan's food is collected.

والهري: بيت كبير ضخم يجمع فيه طعام السلطان — And al-Hirrī: a large, big house where the Sultan's food is collected

أهراءnoun

1.
granariesclassical
The plural of الهري (al-hirrī), referring to large buildings for storing food.

والجمع أهراء — and the plural is ahra' (granaries)

هراةname

1.
Heratboth
A place name, referring to the city of Herat.

عاود هراة، وإن معمورها خربا — Return to Herat, even if its populated area is ruined

هرويadjective

1.
of Heratboth
Relating to or originating from the city of Herat.

النسب إليه هروي — The attribution to it is Harawī

الهراءnoun

1.
nonsense, idle talkclassical
Idle talk, rambling speech, or nonsense.
2.
generous, bountifulclassical
In language, it can mean generous or bountiful.

ذاك الهراء شيطان وكل بالنفوس — That nonsense is a devil and clings to souls

هرىverb

1.
to dye yellowclassical
To dye a turban yellow, or to make it yellow.

هرى فلان عمامته تهرية إذا صفرها — So-and-so dyed his turban yellow (tahriyah) if he made it yellow

تهريةnoun

1.
dyeing yellowclassical
The act of dyeing something yellow.

هرى فلان عمامته تهرية إذا صفرها — So-and-so dyed his turban yellow (tahriyah) if he made it yellow

مهرىadjective

1.
dyed yellowclassical
A garment dyed yellow, or dyed the color of apricot or sesame.

ثوب مهرى إذا صبغ بالصبيب — A garment dyed (mahrī) if dyed with the juice of sesame leaves

هاراهverb

1.
to mock, to jestclassical
To mock someone or to jest with them.

هاراه إذا طانزه — He mocked him if he jested with him

راواهverb

1.
to mock, to jestclassical
To mock someone or to jest with them.

راهاه إذا حامقه — He jested with him if he acted foolishly towards him

هراوة الأعزابname

1.
horse nameclassical
The name of a horse belonging to the tribe of Abd al-Qays, ridden by bachelors.

كان لعبد القيس فرس يقال لها هراوة الأعزاب — Abd al-Qays had a mare called Hirāwat al-A'zāb

Parallel reading

العصا، وقيل: العصا الضخمة، والجمع هراوى، بفتح الواو على القياس مثل المطايا، كما تقدم في الإداوة، وهري على غير قياس، وكأن هريا وهريا إنما هو على طرح الزائد، وهي الألف في هراوة، حتى كأنه قال هروة ثم جمعه على فعول كقولهم مأنة ومؤون وصخرة وصخور؛

The stick, and it was said: the large stick, and the plural is harāwī, with a fatḥah on the wāw according to analogy like maṭāyā, as previously mentioned in idāwah, and hirrī is irregular, and it is as if hirrā and hirrā are by dropping the extra, which is the alif in hirāwah, so it is as if he said hirwah then pluralized it as fa'ūl like their saying ma'nah and ma'ūn, and ṣakhrh and ṣukhūr;

ينوخ ثم يضرب بالهراوى، ... فلا عرف لديه ولا نكير

He kneels then strikes with the clubs, ... he has no recognition nor denial

إذا اختلفت في الهراوى الدمامك

when the drums of your blood clash in the clubs

وهراه بالهراوة يهروه هروا وتهراه: ضربه بالهراوة؛

And he struck him with the club, striking him a striking, and he struck him repeatedly: he struck him with the club;

إذا تهرت عبدها الهاريه

when her slave struck her with the club

وهريته بالعصا: لغة في هروته؛

And I struck him with the stick: a variant pronunciation of 'I struck him with the club';

وهرأ اللحم هروا: أنضجه؛

And meat, he cooked it thoroughly (harā): he matured it;

وخرج صاحب الهراوة ؛ أراد به سيدنا رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، لأنه كان يمسك القضيب بيده كثيرا، وكان يمشى بالعصا بين يديه وتغرز له فيصلي إليها، صلى الله عليه وسلم.

And the owner of the club went forth; he meant by it our master, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, because he often held a staff in his hand, and he walked with a stick before him, and it was planted for him, so he prayed towards it, peace be upon him.

لعظمت هذه هراوة يتيم أي شخصه وجثته، شبهه بالهراوة، وهي العصا، كأنه حين رآه عظيم الجثة استبعد أن يقال له يتيم لأن اليتم في الصغر.

This is a great club of an orphan, meaning his person and his body, he likened him to a club, which is a stick, as if when he saw him of large build, he thought it unlikely he would be called an orphan because orphanhood is in childhood.

والهري: بيت كبير ضخم يجمع فيه طعام السلطان، والجمع أهراء؛

And al-Hirrī: a large, big house where the Sultan's food is collected, and the plural is ahra' (granaries);

والنسب إليه هروي، قلبت الياء واوا كراهية توالي الياءات؛

And the attribution to it is Harawī, the yā' was changed to a wāw out of dislike for consecutive yā's;

وإنما قيل معاذ الهراء لأنه كان يبيع الثياب الهروية فعرف بها ولقب بها؛

And Mu'ādh al-Harra' was only called that because he used to sell Herati clothes, so he became known by them and was nicknamed after them;

عاود هراة، وإن معمورها خربا، ... وأسعد اليوم مشغوفا إذا طربا

Return to Herat, even if its populated area is ruined, ... and happy today is the one who is passionate when he rejoices

هرى فلان عمامته تهرية إذا صفرها؛

So-and-so dyed his turban yellow (tahriyah) if he made it yellow;

ثوب مهرى إذا صبغ بالصبيب، وهو ماء ورق السمسم، ومهرى أيضا إذا كان مصبوغا كلون المشمش والسمسم.

A garment dyed (mahrī) if dyed with the juice of sesame leaves, and mahrī also if it was dyed the color of apricot and sesame.

هاراه إذا طانزه، وراهاه إذا حامقه.

He mocked him if he jested with him, and he jested with him if he acted foolishly towards him.

كان لعبد القيس فرس يقال لها هراوة الأعزاب، يركبها العزب ويغزو عليها، فإذا تأهل أعطوها عزبا آخر؛

Abd al-Qays had a mare called Hirāwat al-A'zāb, the bachelor rode her and went on raids with her, and when he married, they gave her to another bachelor;

ذاك الهراء شيطان وكل بالنفوس ، قيل: لم يسمع الهراء أنه شيطان إلا في هذا الحديث، قال: والهراء في اللغة السمح الجواد والهذيان، والله أعلم.

That nonsense is a devil and clings to souls, it was said: 'al-hirā' was not heard to mean a devil except in this hadith, he said: and al-hirā' in language means the generous, the bountiful, and idle talk, and Allah knows best.