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الطبرزذ

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root entry discusses the word 'tabarzad', which is an Arabicized Persian term for sugar. It also mentions variations in pronunciation and etymological speculation.

Derived headwords

الطبرزذnoun
  1. 1.
    sugarboth

    A sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugarcane and sugar beets. This term is an Arabicized loanword from Persian.

طبرزنnoun
  1. 1.
    sugarclassical

    A variant pronunciation or form of 'tabarzad', referring to sugar.

طبرزلnoun
  1. 1.
    sugarclassical

    Another variant pronunciation or form of 'tabarzad', referring to sugar.

Parallel reading

الطبرزذ: السكر
Tabarzad: sugar.
معرب
Arabicized.
كأنه نحت من نواحيه بالفاس
As if it were chiseled from its sides with an axe.
وقال الأصمعي: طبرزن، وطبرزل
And Al-Asma'i said: tabarzan, and tabarzal.