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رجل

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of a man, a male human being, and by extension, a foot soldier or a person of strength and stature. It also encompasses terms related to walking, standing firm, and the physical act of being a man.

Derived headwords

رَجُلnoun
  1. 1.
    manboth

    An adult male human being.

  2. 2.
    personboth

    A human being, regardless of gender, often used in a general sense.

  3. 3.
    foot soldierclassical

    A soldier who fights on foot, as opposed to cavalry.

رِجَالnoun
  1. 1.
    menboth

    The plural of 'man', referring to multiple adult males.

  2. 2.
    peopleboth

    A group of human beings.

رَجُلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    manhoodclassical

    The state or quality of being a man; virility.

تَرَجَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to walkboth

    To move on foot at a moderate pace.

  2. 2.
    to dismountclassical

    To get off a horse or other animal.

  3. 3.
    to comb one's hairclassical

    To arrange and style one's hair.

تَرْجِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    walkingboth

    The act of moving on foot.

  2. 2.
    dismountingclassical

    The act of getting off a mount.

  3. 3.
    combing hairclassical

    The act of arranging and styling hair.

رَجَّالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    infantryclassical

    Soldiers who fight on foot.

  2. 2.
    footmenclassical

    Servants who attend on horseback or walk beside a carriage.

رَجُلٌ حِنْدَرَةُ العَيْنِphrase
  1. 1.
    sharp-sighted manclassical

    A man with keen eyesight, able to see clearly and far.

حِنْدَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sharpness of sightclassical

    The quality of having keen and penetrating vision.

حَنْدَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly referring to a specific location.

حَنْدَرname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A place name, specifically mentioned as a town in Ascalon.

الحَنْدَرِيَّانname
  1. 1.
    people from Handarclassical

    A nisba indicating origin from the town of Handar.

Parallel reading

رجل حنادر العين: حديد النظر.
A man of sharp sight: keen of vision.
والحندورة: في ح د ر.
And al-Handurah: is in the root H-D-R.
وحندر، بالضم: ة بعسقلان،
And Handar, with dammah: is a town in Ascalon,
منها: سلامة بن جعفر،
from it: Salamah bin Ja'far,
ومحمد بن أحمد الحندريان المحدثان.
and Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Handariyan, the two traditionists.