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شزره

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns various forms of looking, often with negative connotations like glancing sideways, looking with anger, or casting an evil eye. It also extends to meanings related to twisting, difficulty, and preparation.

Derived headwords

شَزَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to glance sidewaysboth

    To look from one side of the eye, or to look askance.

  2. 2.
    to look with angerclassical

    To look with anger, or to look with the corner of the eye.

  3. 3.
    to look left and rightclassical

    To look from the right and left.

شَزَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to stab, strike with the evil eyeclassical

    To stab someone or to strike them with the evil eye.

شَزَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to twist (rope)classical

    To twist a rope from the left, or to twist it from the outside and return it to its core.

اِسْتَشْزَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to be twistedclassical

    To be twisted (referring to a rope).

تَشَزَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    to become angryclassical

    To become angry.

  2. 2.
    to prepare for fightingclassical

    To prepare for fighting.

تَشَازَرُواverb
  1. 1.
    to look at each other askanceclassical

    They looked at each other askance.

شَزْرnoun
  1. 1.
    difficulty, hardshipclassical

    Difficulty and hardship.

شَزْرadjective
  1. 1.
    uneven (spinning)classical

    Uneven, not straight (referring to spun thread).

شَزْرadverb
  1. 1.
    to the right (milling)classical

    Turning one's hand to the right (when milling grain).

أَشْزَرadjective
  1. 1.
    red (milk)classical

    Reddish (referring to milk).

شَزْرَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    reddish (eye)classical

    Reddish (referring to an eye), and having a sideways glance.

شِيزَرname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place near Hamah.

الشَّزَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the act of looking askanceclassical

    The act of looking askance or sideways.

Parallel reading

نظر منه في أحد شقيه
He looked from one side of his eye.
أو هو نظر فيه إعراض
Or he looked at it with aversion.
أو نظر الغضبان بمؤخر العين
Or the angry person's look with the corner of the eye.
أو النظر عن يمين وشمال
Or looking from the right and left.
وفلانا: طعنه وأصابه بالعين
And [he looked at] so-and-so: he stabbed him and struck him with the evil eye.
والحبل يشزره ويشزره: فتله عن اليسار
And the rope, he twists it and twists it: twisting it from the left.
أو فتل من خارج، ورده إلى بطنه
Or twisting from the outside, and returning it to its core.
كاستشزره فاستشزر هو
As if it were twisted, and it became twisted.
وغزل شزر: على غير استواء
And spun thread is uneven: not straight.
وطحن شزرا: أدار يده عن يمينه
And milling unevenly: turning his hand to his right.
والشزر: الشدة والصعوبة
And 'al-shazr': severity and difficulty.
وتشزر: غضب
And 'tashazzara': he became angry.
وتشازروا: نظر بعضهم إلى بعض شزرا
And 'tashazaru': they looked at each other askance.
والأشزر من اللبن: الأحمر
And 'al-ashzar' from milk: reddish.
وعين شزراء: حمراء، وفي لحظها شزر
And a 'shazra'' eye: reddish, and in its glance is a sideways look.
والاسم: الشزرة، بالضم
And the noun: 'al-shazrah', with dammah.