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الدهبرج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This entry discusses a Persian loanword referring to a specific quantity of feathers, likely used in a historical context.

Derived headwords

الدَّهْبَرْجnoun
  1. 1.
    ten feathersclassical

    A Persian loanword, with the 'r' doubled, referring to a collection of ten feathers.

دَهْ بَرْهَother
  1. 1.
    tenclassical

    The Persian phrase meaning 'ten', used as the origin for the Arabic term 'al-dahbaraj'.

Parallel reading

الدَّهْبَرْج، مشددة الراء: معرب: ده بره؟؟، أي: عشر ريشات.
Al-dahbaraj, with a doubled 'r': a Persian loanword, [from] 'dah barah', meaning: ten feathers.