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رجل

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of a man, a male human being. It also extends to terms describing physical attributes, particularly those related to the legs and feet, and can be used metaphorically to describe stoutness or a large belly.

Derived headwords

رَجُلnoun
  1. 1.
    manboth

    An adult male human being.

  2. 2.
    personboth

    A human being, regardless of sex, though often implying male.

  3. 3.
    soldierclassical

    A man serving in an army.

رِجَالnoun
  1. 1.
    menboth

    Plural of 'rajul', referring to multiple adult males.

  2. 2.
    peopleboth

    A group of human beings.

رَجُلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    stoutnessclassical

    The quality of being stout or corpulent, particularly in the belly.

رَجُلَةadjective
  1. 1.
    stoutclassical

    Having a large or prominent belly; corpulent.

رَجُلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Portulaca oleraceaboth

    A common edible weed, also known as purslane.

تَرَجَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to walkboth

    To move on foot; to proceed by walking.

  2. 2.
    to dismountclassical

    To alight from a horse or other mount.

  3. 3.
    to comb hairclassical

    To arrange one's hair, especially by combing.

رَجَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to make stoutclassical

    To cause someone to become stout or corpulent.

  2. 2.
    to equipclassical

    To provide with men or soldiers.

رَجَّالnoun
  1. 1.
    infantryclassical

    Soldiers who fight on foot.

رَجَّالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    infantryclassical

    A body of soldiers trained to fight on foot.

مِرْجَلnoun
  1. 1.
    cauldronboth

    A large metal pot used for cooking or boiling.

  2. 2.
    furnaceclassical

    A structure in which fuel is burned to heat something.

مِرْجَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    stoutnessclassical

    Corpulence, especially of the belly.

رَجُلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    stoutnessclassical

    Corpulence, especially of the belly.

رَجُلَةadjective
  1. 1.
    stoutclassical

    Corpulent, especially with a large belly.

Parallel reading

رجل دخبش، كجعفر وعلابط: عظيم البطن.
A stout man, like Ja'far and 'Alābiṭ: large of belly.