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زوزان

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of being short, stout, or perhaps pretentious. It also includes place names and personal names derived from the root.

Derived headwords

زوزانname
  1. 1.
    Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Antaki's grandfatherclassical

    A proper name referring to the grandfather of Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Antaki.

وزوزنname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A place located between Herat and Nishapur.

زوازيةadjective
  1. 1.
    Large, stoutclassical

    Describing something as large or stout in build.

زوازيةadjective
  1. 1.
    Short and stoutclassical

    Describing a person or a group of people as being short and stout.

زونزىadjective
  1. 1.
    Pretentious, affectedclassical

    Describing a man who is pretentious, affected, or tries to be clever in an ostentatious way.

زوزىadjective
  1. 1.
    Pretentious, affectedclassical

    Describing a man who is pretentious, affected, or tries to be clever in an ostentatious way.

زوزاةnoun
  1. 1.
    Contempt, dismissalclassical

    An act of holding someone in contempt or dismissing them.

Parallel reading

زوزان، بالضم: جد محمد بن إبراهيم الإنطاكي.
Zuzan, with damma: the grandfather of Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Antaki.
وزوزن، بالفتح: د بين هراة ونيسابور.
Wuzwan, with fatha: a place between Herat and Nishapur.
وقدر زوازية: ضخمة.
And a large [thing] is 'zawaziyah': huge.
ورجل وقوم زوازية: قصار غلاظ.
And a man and a people 'zawaziyah': short and stout.
ورجل زونزى وزوزى: متكايس متحذلق.
And a man 'zunza' and 'zuza': pretentious and affected.
وزوزيت به زوزاة: استحقرته، وطردته.
And I treated him with 'zuzah': I held him in contempt, and I expelled him.