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الكور

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of wrapping, gathering, and forming into a rounded shape. It extends to describe various objects that are rounded or gathered, such as saddles, turbans, beehives, and even cities. It also encompasses actions like rolling, collecting, and speeding up, as well as abstract notions like nature and disposition.

Derived headwords

الكُورnoun
  1. 1.
    Saddleclassical

    The pack saddle for a camel, or its equipment.

  2. 2.
    Smith's forgeclassical

    A smith's forge made of clay.

  3. 3.
    Wasp nestclassical

    A place where wasps gather.

الكَوْرnoun
  1. 1.
    Large herd of camelsclassical

    A large gathering of camels, sometimes specified as 150, 200, or more.

  2. 2.
    Herd of cattleclassical

    A herd of cattle.

  3. 3.
    Increaseclassical

    An increase or surplus.

  4. 4.
    Turban wrapclassical

    The wrapping or coiling of a turban.

  5. 5.
    Place nameclassical

    A place name in various regions like Bil-Harith, Al-Yamamah, and Najran.

  6. 6.
    Natureclassical

    Disposition or natural temperament.

  7. 7.
    Digging the earthclassical

    The act of digging or excavating the earth.

  8. 8.
    Speeding upclassical

    The act of moving quickly or hastening.

  9. 9.
    Carrying foodclassical

    Carrying a 'Karah', which is a measured amount of food.

المُكَوِّرnoun
  1. 1.
    Turbanclassical

    A turban.

المُكَوَّرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Turbanclassical

    A turban.

الكُوَارَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Turbanclassical

    A turban.

  2. 2.
    Beehiveclassical

    A structure made for bees from twigs or clay, with a narrow opening, or the honey within it.

المِقْعَدnoun
  1. 1.
    Camel saddleclassical

    The saddle of a camel.

المُكَوِّرِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Mean personclassical

    A mean, base, or ignoble person.

  2. 2.
    Short and wideclassical

    A person who is short and broad.

  3. 3.
    Large dung ballclassical

    A large ball of dung.

الكُورَةnoun
  1. 1.
    City

    A city or large town.

  2. 2.
    Region

    A region or district.

كُوَارَة النَّحْلnoun
  1. 1.
    Beehiveclassical

    A structure for bees, or their honey in the comb.

الكُوَائِرnoun
  1. 1.
    Beehives

    Modern beehives.

الكارnoun
  1. 1.
    Ships with foodclassical

    Ships carrying food, sailing downstream.

  2. 2.
    Place nameclassical

    A place name in Mosul, Isfahan, and Azerbaijan.

الكارَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A place name in Baghdad.

كُورverb
  1. 1.
    To throw downclassical

    To throw someone down forcefully, causing them to collapse.

  2. 2.
    To gather and tieclassical

    To gather and tie up goods or belongings.

  3. 3.
    To stab and collapseclassical

    To stab a person, causing them to fall in a collapsed heap.

  4. 4.
    To overlapclassical

    For night to enter into or overlap with day.

اِكْتَارَverb
  1. 1.
    To wear a turbanclassical

    To put on a turban.

  2. 2.
    To hastenclassical

    To move quickly or hasten one's pace.

  3. 3.
    To raise tailclassical

    For a horse to raise its tail when running.

  4. 4.
    To be ready for matingclassical

    For a female camel to be ready for mating.

  5. 5.
    To prepare for argumentclassical

    For a person to prepare for an argument or dispute.

مُكَوَّرَىadjective
  1. 1.
    Excessively talkativeclassical

    Someone who is excessively talkative or verbose.

  2. 2.
    Meanclassical

    Mean, base, or ignoble.

  3. 3.
    Short and wideclassical

    Short and broad in stature.

مُكَوَّرadjective
  1. 1.
    Excessively talkativeclassical

    Someone who is excessively talkative or verbose.

  2. 2.
    Meanclassical

    Mean, base, or ignoble.

  3. 3.
    Short and wideclassical

    Short and broad in stature.

الكُوَارَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Type of wineclassical

    A type of fermented drink or wine.

الأَكْوَارnoun
  1. 1.
    Mountainsclassical

    Mountains located in a specific area.

كَوْرnoun
  1. 1.
    Mountainclassical

    A mountain.

كُوَيْرnoun
  1. 1.
    Mountainclassical

    A mountain.

كُورَيْنnoun
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A place name.

عَبْد الكُورِيّname
  1. 1.
    Harborclassical

    A harbor in the Indian Sea.

الكُوَيْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Mountainclassical

    A mountain in Al-Qabaliyyah.

أَكَرْتُ عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    To subdueclassical

    To make someone submissive or to overpower them.

  2. 2.
    To weakenclassical

    To make someone weak or feeble.

التَّكْوِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    Drippingclassical

    The act of dripping or trickling.

  2. 2.
    Rolling upclassical

    The act of rolling up or gathering.

  3. 3.
    Fallingclassical

    The act of falling or collapsing.

Parallel reading

الكُور، بالضم: الرحل، أو بأداته ج: أكوار وأكور وكيران
Al-Kur (with dammah): the pack saddle, or its equipment; plural: akwar, akwur, and kiran.
ومجمرة الحداد من الطين
And the smith's forge made of clay.
وبالفتح: الجماعة الكثيرة من الإبل، أو مئة وخمسون، أو مئتان وأكثر
And (with fatha): a large group of camels, or one hundred and fifty, or two hundred and more.
والقطيع من البقر ج: أكوار
And a herd of cattle, plural: akwar.
والزيادة، ولوث العمامة، وإدارتها، كالتكوير
And increase, and the wrapping of a turban, and its management, like coiling.
والمكور: العمامة، كالمكورة والكوارة، بكسرهن
And al-mukawwir: the turban, like al-mukawwarah and al-kuwarah (with kasrah on all of them).
وكمقعد: رحل البعير
And like maq'ad: the camel's saddle.
والمكوري: اللئيم، والقصير العريض، والروثة العظيمة، وتكسر الميم في الكل، وهي: بالهاء
And al-mukawwiri: the mean person, the short and broad person, and the large dung ball; and the meem is broken in all of them, and it is: with haa.
والكورة، بالضم: المدينة، والصقع ج: كور
And al-kurah (with dammah): the city, and the region; plural: kur.
وكوارة النحل، بالضم وتكسر وتشدد الأولى: شيء يتخذ للنحل من القضبان أو الطين، ضيق الرأس، أو هي عسلها في الشمع
And the beehive, with dammah and kasrah and the first is shaddah: something made for bees from twigs or clay, narrow-headed, or it is their honey in the comb.
أو الكوارات: الخلايا الأهلية، كالكوائر
Or al-kuwarat: modern beehives, like al-kawā'ir.
والكار: سفن منحدرة فيها طعام، وبلا لام: ة بالموصل، منها: فتح بن سعيد الموصلي الزاهد، غير فتح الكبير، ومحمد بن الحارث المحدث، وة بأصفهان، منها: عبد الجبار بن الفضل، وعلي بن أحمد بن مردة المحدثان، وة بأذربيجان
And al-kār: ships sailing downstream with food, and without 'lam': a place in Mosul, among them: Fath bin Sa'id al-Mawsili the ascetic, not Fath the Great, and Muhammad bin al-Harith the traditionist, and a place in Isfahan, among them: Abd al-Jabbar bin al-Fadl, and Ali bin Ahmad bin Murdah the two traditionists, and a place in Azerbaijan.
وكارة، بهاء: ة ببغداد
And karah, with haa: a place in Baghdad.
وكوره: صرعه فتكور واكتار
And he threw him down: he collapsed and gathered himself.
و المتاع: جمعه وشده
And the goods: he gathered and tied them.
و الرجل: طعنه فألقاه مجتمعا
And the man: he stabbed him so he fell together.
و الليل على النهار: أدخل هذا في هذا
And the night upon the day: he inserted this into this.
واكتار: تعمم، وأسرع في مشيه
And he put on a turban: he donned a turban, and hastened his pace.
و الفرس: رفع ذنبه عند العدو
And the horse: it raised its tail when running.
و الناقة: عند اللقاح
And the she-camel: at mating.
و الرجل: تهيأ للسباب
And the man: he prepared for an argument.
ورجل مكورى ومكور، وتثلث ميمهما: فاحش مكثار، أو لئيم، أو قصير عريض
And a man mukawwary and mukawwar, and their meem is triliteral: excessively talkative, or mean, or short and broad.
والكوارة، بالكسر: ضرب من الخمرة
And al-kuwarah (with kasrah): a type of wine.
والأكوار: جبال هناك
And al-akwar: mountains there.
وكور وكوير، كزبير: جبلان
And Kur and Kuwayr, like zubayr: two mountains.
وكورين، بالضم: ة، وعبد الكوري، بالضم: مرسى ببحر الهند
And Kurayn (with dammah): a place, and Abd al-Kuri (with dammah): a harbor in the Indian Sea.
والكويرة، كجهينة: جبل بالقبلية
And al-Kuwayrah, like juhaynah: a mountain in Al-Qabaliyyah.
وأكرت عليه: استذللته، واستضعفته
And I made it submissive to him: I made him submissive, and I weakened him.
والتكور: التقطر، والتشمر، والسقوط
And al-takawwur: dripping, rolling up, and falling.