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العيدانة

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a tall, mature date palm tree. It also encompasses the concept of a wooden stick or rod, often derived from such a tree, and by extension, a measure or quantity.

Derived headwords

العِيدَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Tall date palmclassical

    The tallest and most mature stage of a date palm tree.

عِيدَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Sticks, rodsboth

    Plural of عُود (ʿūd), referring to sticks or rods, often made of wood.

  2. 2.
    Tall palm treesclassical

    Plural of العِيدَانَة (al-ʿīdānah), referring to tall date palm trees.

عُودnoun
  1. 1.
    Stick, rodboth

    A piece of wood, a stick, or a rod.

  2. 2.
    Luteboth

    A stringed musical instrument, also known as an oud.

  3. 3.
    Incenseboth

    Wood that is burned for its fragrance, such as agarwood.

  4. 4.
    Measure, quantityclassical

    A unit of measurement or a specific quantity.

Parallel reading

العِيدَانَة: أطول ما يكون من النخل
Al-ʿīdānah: the tallest that a date palm can be.
يائية واوية
Yāʾīyah wāwīyah (referring to the grammatical forms of the word).
ج: عيدان
Plural: ʿīdān.
وكان للنبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، قدح من عيدانة يبول فيه بالليل
And the Prophet, peace be upon him, had a vessel made of wood (or a tall palm branch) in which he would urinate at night.