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الخنتار

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes intense hunger. It encompasses various terms for severe starvation and the feeling associated with it.

Derived headwords

الخِنْتَارnoun
  1. 1.
    Severe hungerboth

    An extreme and intense state of hunger, often implying starvation.

الخِنْطُورnoun
  1. 1.
    Severe hungerboth

    A state of extreme hunger, synonymous with الخِنْتَار.

Parallel reading

الخنتار، بالكسر، والخنتور، بالضم: الجوع الشديد.
Al-khintār, with a kasra, and al-khuntūr, with a damma: severe hunger.