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كر

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

The root 'كر' primarily relates to the concept of returning, repeating, and circling. It extends to meanings of attack, endurance, and various objects or places associated with these actions, including containers, enclosures, and geographical locations.

Derived headwords

كَرَّ عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    to return toboth

    To return to something or someone, often with a sense of persistence or attack.

  2. 2.
    to attackclassical

    To launch an assault or attack upon someone or something.

كَرَّ عَنْهُverb
  1. 1.
    to turn away fromclassical

    To turn away from or retreat from something or someone.

كَرٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    returnclassical

    An act of returning or coming back.

  2. 2.
    attackclassical

    An assault or charge, especially in battle.

  3. 3.
    rope for climbingclassical

    A rope made of fiber or palm leaves used for climbing date palms.

  4. 4.
    containerclassical

    Something that holds or binds, like a part of a camel saddle.

  5. 5.
    wellclassical

    A well, or a place where water is collected to purify.

  6. 6.
    dry measureclassical

    A unit of dry measure used in Iraq.

  7. 7.
    loadclassical

    A load for a donkey, equivalent to six loads or a specific quantity of grain.

  8. 8.
    garmentclassical

    A piece of clothing or a covering.

  9. 9.
    riverclassical

    A river, specifically one in Tbilisi.

  10. 10.
    regionclassical

    A district or region, such as one near Mosul.

كَرٌّ وَكُرُورٌnoun
  1. 1.
    returnclassical

    The act of returning or coming back, often repeatedly.

كَرَّارٌadjective
  1. 1.
    returningclassical

    One who returns frequently or attacks repeatedly.

مَكَرٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    battleclassical

    A battle or engagement.

مَكِرٌadjective
  1. 1.
    returningclassical

    One who returns or attacks repeatedly.

كَرَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    to repeatboth

    To do or say something again, to reiterate.

  2. 2.
    to cause to returnclassical

    To make something return or come back multiple times.

تَكْرَارٌnoun
  1. 1.
    repetitionboth

    The act of repeating something; iteration.

تَكْرِيرٌnoun
  1. 1.
    reiterationclassical

    The act of repeating or causing to repeat.

تَكْرَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    timeclassical

    A single instance or occurrence; a time.

كَرَاnoun
  1. 1.
    returnclassical

    A return or coming back.

كُرُورٌnoun
  1. 1.
    returnclassical

    A return or coming back.

مُكَرِّرٌadjective
  1. 1.
    repeatingboth

    Something that repeats or is repeated.

كَرِيرٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sound in chestclassical

    A sound in the chest, like that of a strangled person.

  2. 2.
    hoarsenessclassical

    Hoarseness caused by dust.

  3. 3.
    riverclassical

    A river.

كُرَّةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    timeboth

    A single instance or occurrence; a time.

  2. 2.
    chargeclassical

    A charge or assault, especially in battle.

  3. 3.
    ballboth

    A ball, used in games.

  4. 4.
    morningclassical

    Morning.

  5. 5.
    eveningclassical

    Evening.

  6. 6.
    dungclassical

    Dry dung used for polishing armor.

كُرَىًnoun
  1. 1.
    chargeclassical

    A charge or assault, especially in battle.

كَرَّارٌname
  1. 1.
    amuletclassical

    A charm or amulet used in sorcery.

كَرْكَرَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    camel's saddle partclassical

    The part of a camel's saddle that rests on its hump, or the chest of an animal.

  2. 2.
    group of peopleclassical

    A group or crowd of people.

  3. 3.
    laughterclassical

    A rumbling sound in laughter.

  4. 4.
    wind movementclassical

    The movement of winds that gather clouds.

كَرْكَرٌverb
  1. 1.
    to laughclassical

    To laugh heartily or with a rumbling sound.

  2. 2.
    to fleeclassical

    To flee or be routed.

  3. 3.
    to call to henclassical

    To call to a hen.

  4. 4.
    to gatherclassical

    To gather or collect something.

  5. 5.
    to push backclassical

    To push back, repel, or detain.

  6. 6.
    to turn millstoneclassical

    To turn a millstone.

مُكِرَّةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    milking twice dailyclassical

    A female camel that is milked twice a day.

كُرْكَانٌname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A locality in Isfahan, a place in Tibet, or a fortress in Morocco.

كَرْكَرٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sheathclassical

    The sheath of the penis of a camel, goat, or bull.

  2. 2.
    place nameclassical

    A place near Bilqan built by Anushirvan, or a place between Baghdad and al-Qafq.

كُرْكُورَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    deep valleyclassical

    A valley with a deep bottom.

تَكَرْكَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to fallclassical

    To fall through the air.

  2. 2.
    to flow backclassical

    For water to flow back in its course.

  3. 3.
    to hesitateclassical

    To hesitate or waver in one's affairs.

Parallel reading

كر عليه كرا وكرورا وتكرارا: عطف
He attacked him with an attack, a return, and a repetition: he was compassionate.
و عنه: رجع
And from him: he returned.
فهو كرار ومكر، بكسر الميم
And he is a frequent attacker and a returner, with a kasra on the mim.
وكرره تكريرا وتكرارا وتكرة، كتحلة، وكركره: أعاده مرة بعد أخرى
And he repeated it a reiteration, a repetition, and a single time, like 'tahallatan', and he made it roll: he returned it one time after another.
والمكرر، كمعظم: الراء
And the repeater, like 'mu'azzim': the raa'.
والكرير، كأمير: صوت في الصدر كصوت المنخنق، الفعل كمل وقل، وبحة تعتري من الغبار، ونهر
And the 'kirr', like 'amir': a sound in the chest like the sound of a strangled person, the verb is complete and short, and hoarseness that befalls from dust, and a river.
والكر: قيد من ليف أو خوص، وحبل يصعد به على النخل، أو الحبل الغليظ، أو عام، وما ضم ظلفتي الرحل وجمع بينهما، والبئر، ويضم مذكرا، أو الحسي، أو موضع يجمع فيه الماء ليصفو ج: كرار
And the 'karr': a tether of fiber or palm leaves, and a rope with which one climbs date palms, or a thick rope, or general, and what binds the two parts of the camel saddle and joins them, and a well, and it is masculine, or a cistern, or a place where water is collected to purify, pl: kirar.
ومنديل يصلى عليه ج: أكرار وكرور
And a prayer mat, pl: akrar and kurur.
وبالضم: مكيال للعراق، وستة أوقار حمار، أو هو ستون قفيزا، أو أربعون إردبا، والكساء، ونهر يشق تفليس، وع بفارس، وكورة بناحية الموصل
And with damma: a dry measure for Iraq, and six loads of a donkey, or it is sixty qafiz, or forty irdeb, and a garment, and a river that flows through Tbilisi, and a place in Fars, and a district in the region of Mosul.
والكرة: المرة، والحملة، كالكرى، كبشرى ج: كرات، والغداة، والعشي، وبالضم: البعر العفن تجلى به الدروع
And the 'kurra': the time, and the charge, like 'kura', like 'bushra', pl: kurrat, and the morning, and the evening, and with damma: the rotten dung with which armor is polished.
والمكر: المعركة
And the 'makr': the battle.
وكرار، كقطام: خرزة للتأخيذ تقول الساحرة: يا كرار كريه، ويا همرة اهمريه، إن أقبل، فسريه، وإن أدبر، فضريه
And 'Karrar', like 'qattam': a bead for enchantment, the sorceress says: 'O Karrar, make him turn, and O Hamra, make her move, if he approaches, make him swift, and if he retreats, strike him.'
والكركرة، بالكسر: رحى زور البعير، أو صدر كل ذي خف، والجماعة من الناس، ووالد عمرو اللغوي، وبالفتح: جش الحب، والقرقرة في الضحك، وتصريف الرياح السحاب
And the 'karkara', with kasra: the hump of the camel's saddle, or the chest of every hoofed animal, and a group of people, and the father of Amr the linguist, and with fatha: the husk of grain, and the rumbling in laughter, and the movement of winds with clouds.
أو ms0613 كركر: ضحك، وانهزم، و بالدجاجة: صاح بها، و الشيء: جمعه، و عنه: دفعه، وحبسه، و الرحى: أدارها
Or 'karkara': he laughed, and he fled, and to the hen: he called to it, and the thing: he gathered it, and from it: he pushed it away, and he detained it, and the millstone: he turned it.
وناقة مكرة: تحلب كل يوم مرتين
And a 'mukirrah' she-camel: she is milked twice every day.
وكران، مشددة: محلة بأصفهان، ود بناحية تبت، وحصن بالمغرب
And 'Karran', with shadda: a district in Isfahan, and a place in the region of Tibet, and a fortress in the Maghreb.
والكركر: وعاء قضيب البعير والتيس والثور، ود قرب بيلقان، بناه أنوشروان، وة بين بغداد والقفص
And the 'karkir': the sheath of the penis of a camel, a goat, and a bull, and a place near Bilqan, built by Anushirvan, and a place between Baghdad and al-Qafq.
والكركورة، بالضم: واد بعيد القعر
And the 'kurkura', with damma: a valley with a deep bottom.
وتكركر: تردى في الهواء، و الماء: تراجع في مسيله، و في أمره: تردد
And 'takarkara': he fell through the air, and the water: it flowed back in its course, and in his affair: he hesitated.