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الجلحز

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root describes someone who is stingy and tight-fisted. It focuses on the negative trait of extreme miserliness and unwillingness to spend.

Derived headwords

الجَلْحَزُnoun
  1. 1.
    stingy personboth

    A person characterized by extreme stinginess and miserliness.

جَلْحَزٌadjective
  1. 1.
    stingyboth

    Describing someone who is very tight-fisted and unwilling to spend money.

Parallel reading

الجلحز، كجعفر وقرطاس: الضيق البخيل.
Al-jalhaz, like Ja'far and qirtas: the stingy, the miserly.