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اليخترة

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a good, graceful, or proud manner of walking. It also extends to individuals characterized by such a gait, including those who are handsome, imposing, or conceited. Additionally, it refers to specific individuals known as hadith narrators.

Derived headwords

اليَخْتَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    good walkboth

    A beautiful, graceful, or elegant manner of walking.

التَبَخْتُرnoun
  1. 1.
    strutting walkboth

    A proud, ostentatious, or swaggering way of walking, often implying self-importance.

البَخْتَرِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    handsome walkerclassical

    Describing someone who walks well, with grace and elegance.

  2. 2.
    imposingclassical

    Describing someone who is physically large, imposing, or of significant stature.

  3. 3.
    conceitedclassical

    Describing someone who is proud, arrogant, or boastful, often in their manner of walking.

البَخْتِيرadjective
  1. 1.
    handsome walkerclassical

    Similar to البختري, referring to someone with a handsome or graceful gait.

  2. 2.
    conceitedclassical

    Similar to البختري, referring to someone who is proud or conceited.

البَخْتَرِيّ بن أبي البَخْتَرِيّname
  1. 1.
    hadith narratorclassical

    A specific individual, a narrator of hadith, identified by his lineage.

البَخْتَرِيّ بن عُبَيْدname
  1. 1.
    hadith narratorclassical

    A specific individual, a narrator of hadith, identified by his lineage.

Parallel reading

اليَخْتَرَةُ والتَبَخْتُرُ: مِشْيَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ.
Al-yakhtarah and al-tabakhtur: a good walk.
والبَخْتَرِيُّ: الحَسَنُ المَشْيِ، والجَسِيمُ، والمُخْتَالُ، كالبَخْتِيرِ فِيهِمَا.
And al-bakhtari: the handsome walker, the imposing one, the conceited one, like al-bakhtir in both.
والبَخْتَرِيُّ بنُ أبي البَخْتَرِيِّ، وابنُ عُبَيْدٍ: مُحَدِّثَانِ.
And al-Bakhtari bin Abi al-Bakhtari, and Ibn Ubayd: two hadith narrators.