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القرط

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to items worn on the ear, specifically earrings, and by extension, things that hang or are attached. It also extends to plants, specific objects, and abstract concepts like a small amount or a calamity.

Derived headwords

القُرْطnoun
  1. 1.
    earringboth

    A type of earring, specifically one worn in the lobe of the ear.

  2. 2.
    leekclassical

    A type of leek, known as table leek.

  3. 3.
    plantclassical

    A plant similar to alfalfa, but larger.

  4. 4.
    Persian leek seedclassical

    The Persian name for leek seed.

  5. 5.
    swordclassical

    A sword, specifically mentioned as belonging to Abdullah bin Al-Hajjaj.

  6. 6.
    flameclassical

    A flame of fire.

  7. 7.
    child's raisinclassical

    A term for a child's raisin.

  8. 8.
    udderclassical

    The udder of an animal.

  9. 9.
    earring/pendantclassical

    A pendant or earring, or something hanging from the earlobe.

أَقْرَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    earringsboth

    Plural of 'qirt', referring to earrings.

قِرَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    earringsboth

    Plural of 'qirt', referring to earrings.

قُرُوطnoun
  1. 1.
    earringsboth

    Plural of 'qirt', referring to earrings.

قُرْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    earringboth

    A single earring.

  2. 2.
    hanging wattlesclassical

    The two wattles hanging from a ram's ears.

مُقَرَّطَةadjective
  1. 1.
    wearing earringsclassical

    A young woman wearing earrings.

ذو القُرْطname
  1. 1.
    sashclassical

    A sash or girdle.

  2. 2.
    swordclassical

    The sword of Khalid bin Al-Waleed.

  3. 3.
    nicknameclassical

    A nickname for Al-Sakan bin Muawiyah bin Umayyah.

قُرِطَverb
  1. 1.
    to have wattlesclassical

    A ram having two hanging wattles from its ears.

أَقْرَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to cut leeksclassical

    To cut leeks into pieces in a pot.

  2. 2.
    to give a littleclassical

    To give someone a small amount.

  3. 3.
    to adorn with earringsclassical

    To adorn a young woman with earrings.

  4. 4.
    to bridle a horseclassical

    To bridle a horse, or to place its reins behind its ears when the bridle is removed.

  5. 5.
    to trim a lampclassical

    To remove the burnt part from a lamp wick.

قَرْطverb
  1. 1.
    to cut leeksclassical

    To cut leeks into pieces in a pot.

كِتَابnoun
  1. 1.
    lampclassical

    A lamp or its wick.

القُرُوطname
  1. 1.
    tribesclassical

    Tribes from the Banu Kilab, brothers of Qart, Qaryat, and Qaryat.

القُرْطِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    type of camelclassical

    A breed or type of camel.

كُزَيْرname
  1. 1.
    mareclassical

    A mare belonging to the tribe of Kindah.

القِيرَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    caratboth

    A unit of weight, varying by region, e.g., one-sixth of a dinar in Mecca or one-tenth in Iraq.

القِرْطِيطnoun
  1. 1.
    small amountclassical

    A small, insignificant thing.

  2. 2.
    calamityclassical

    A great misfortune or calamity.

القُرْطَانnoun
  1. 1.
    calamityclassical

    A great misfortune or calamity.

  2. 2.
    saddle padclassical

    A pad for a saddle, similar to a pad for a riding-beast's pack.

القُرْطَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    small amountclassical

    A small, insignificant thing.

  2. 2.
    calamityclassical

    A great misfortune or calamity.

القَيْرُوطِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    ointmentclassical

    An ointment, likely of foreign origin.

القُرْطَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    saddle padclassical

    A pad for a saddle, similar to a pad for a riding-beast's pack.

القَارِيَطnoun
  1. 1.
    tamarind seedsclassical

    The seeds of the tamarind fruit.

القَرَارِيطnoun
  1. 1.
    tamarind seedsclassical

    The seeds of the tamarind fruit.

Parallel reading

القُرْط، بالكسر: نوع من الكراث، يعرف بكراث المائدة
Al-qirt, with kasra: a type of leek, known as table leek.
وبالضم: نبات كالرطبة، إلا أنه أجل منها
And with damma: a plant like alfalfa, but larger than it.
وجارية مقرطة، كمعظمة: ذات قرط
And a young woman wearing earrings, like 'ma'dhama': possessing an earring.
وذو القرط: الوشاح، سيف عبد الله بن الحجاج
Dhu al-qirt: the sash, the sword of Abdullah bin Al-Hajjaj.
وأن يكون للتيس زنمتان معلقتان من أذنيه
And for a ram to have two hanging wattles from its ears.
وقد قرط، كفرح، فهو أقرط
And he became (a ram) with wattles, like 'faraha', so he is 'aqraṭ.
وقرط الكراث تقريطا: قطعه في القدر
And he cut the leeks 'taqrīṭan': cutting them into the pot.
وعليه: أعطاه قليلا
And to him: he gave him a little.
والجارية: ألبسها القرط
And the young woman: he dressed her with an earring.
والفرس: ألجمها، أو جعل أعنتها وراء آذانها عند طرح اللجم
And the horse: he bridled it, or placed its reins behind its ears when the bridle was removed.
والسراج: نزع منه ما احترق
And the lamp: he removed from it what had burned.
وككتاب: المصباح، أو شعلته
And like 'kitab': the lamp, or its wick.
والقرطية، وتضم: ضرب من الإبل
And al-qirṭiyyah, and with damma: a type of camel.
والقيراط والقراط، بكسرهما: يختلف وزنه بحسب البلاد
And al-qīrāṭ and al-qirāṭ, with kasra for both: its weight differs according to the regions.
فبمكة ربع سدس دينار، وبالعراق نصف عشره
So in Mecca it is a quarter of a sixth of a dinar, and in Iraq half of its tenth.
والقرطيط، بالكسر: الشيء اليسير، والداهية
And al-qirṭīṭ, with kasra: the small thing, and the calamity.
كالقرطان، بالضم، والقرطاط، بالكسر والضم
Like al-qurṭān, with damma, and al-qurṭāṭ, with kasra and damma.
والقرطان والقرطات، بضمهما ويكسر الأخير، للسرج: كالولية للرحل
And al-qurṭān and al-qurṭāt, with damma for both and kasra for the latter, for the saddle: like the 'waliyyah' for the pack-saddle.
والقاريط والقراريط: حب التمر الهندي
And al-qārīṭ and al-qarārīṭ: the seeds of the tamarind.