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الشمختر

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root entry describes a person characterized by meanness and misfortune. It is presented as a loanword from Persian, meaning 'unlucky star'.

Derived headwords

الشَّمَخْتَرnoun
  1. 1.
    mean personclassical

    A person who is base, ignoble, or wicked.

  2. 2.
    unlucky personclassical

    Someone who is unfortunate or destined for bad luck.

شُومْ اِخْتَرْother
  1. 1.
    unlucky starclassical

    The Persian origin of 'al-shamakhtar', signifying an ill-fated or unlucky celestial influence.

Parallel reading

الشمختر، كسفرجل: اللئيم، والمنحوس، معرب شوم اختر، أي: منحوس الطالع.
Al-shamakhtar, like safarjal: the mean, and the unlucky, a Persian loanword from shom akhtar, meaning: unlucky of destiny.
معرب شوم اختر
a Persian loanword from shom akhtar
أي: منحوس الطالع
meaning: unlucky of destiny