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القنور

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something large, stout, or coarse, particularly in relation to the head or physical build. It also extends to describe difficult or stubborn temperaments and, in specific derived forms, can refer to a type of salt or a person known for a particular characteristic.

Derived headwords

القَنُورadjective
  1. 1.
    Large-headedboth

    Describing someone or something with a large head.

  2. 2.
    Coarse, roughboth

    Referring to something coarse, rough, or unrefined, especially in temperament or character.

كَسَنُورadjective
  1. 1.
    Slaveclassical

    A term for a slave.

  2. 2.
    Tallboth

    Describing someone who is tall.

كَتَنُورnoun
  1. 1.
    Extremely good saltclassical

    A type of salt found in the desert that is exceptionally good in quality.

المُقَنَّرadjective
  1. 1.
    Stout, corpulentboth

    Describing someone who is stout, corpulent, or excessively fleshy.

  2. 2.
    Wearing a coarse turbanclassical

    Describing someone who wears a coarse or ill-fitting turban.

المُقَنَّورadjective
  1. 1.
    Stout, corpulentboth

    Describing someone who is stout, corpulent, or excessively fleshy (similar to المقنّر).

  2. 2.
    Wearing a coarse turbanclassical

    Describing someone who wears a coarse or ill-fitting turban (similar to المقنّر).

القَنَّارِيّname
  1. 1.
    Hadith narratorclassical

    A surname or nisba referring to a narrator of Hadith, specifically mentioning Abd al-Rahim ibn Ahmad al-Qannari.

Parallel reading

القنور، كهبيخ: الضخم الرأس، والشرس الصعب من كل شيء.
Al-Qunūr, like 'kabhīkh': the large-headed, and the fierce, difficult one of everything.
وكسنور: العبد والطويل.
And 'kasnūr': the slave and the tall one.
وكتنور: ملاحة بالبادية ملحها غاية جودة.
And 'katnūr': a salt from the desert whose saltiness is of the utmost quality.
والمقنر، كمحدث، والمقنور، للفاعل: الضخم السمج، والمعتم عمامة جافية.
And 'al-muqannar', like 'muḥdath', and 'al-muqannūr', for the doer: the stout, fleshy one, and the one wearing a coarse turban.
وعبد الرحيم بن أحمد القناري، كشدادي: محدث.
And Abd al-Rahim ibn Ahmad al-Qannārī, like 'shaddādī': a Hadith narrator.