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الجحاظ

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the eye and its appearance, specifically the socket and protrusion. It extends to the act of staring intently and the resulting appearance of the eyes. It also includes a famous historical nickname.

Derived headwords

الجُحَاظnoun
  1. 1.
    Eye socketboth

    The bony cavity in the skull that holds the eyeball.

  2. 2.
    Labia minoraclassical

    The inner folds of skin surrounding the vaginal opening.

جَحَظَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to protrudeboth

    Said of the eyeball when it comes out of its socket or appears enlarged.

جَحَظَتْ عَيْنُهُverb
  1. 1.
    his eye bulgedboth

    The eyeball protruded from its socket or became noticeably large.

إِلَيْهِ عَمَلُهُother
  1. 1.
    his work was examinedclassical

    His actions or deeds were reviewed or inspected.

التَّجْحِيظnoun
  1. 1.
    intense staringclassical

    The act of looking intently or with wide, protruding eyes.

الجَاحِظname
  1. 1.
    Al-Jahizboth

    The nickname of Amr ibn Bahr, a famous Arab writer and intellectual.

Parallel reading

الجحاظ، ككتاب: محجر العين، وحرف الكمرة.
Al-Juhaz, like kitāb: the eye socket, and the labia minora.
وجحظت عينه، كمنع: خرجت مقلتها، أو عظمت،
And his eye bulged, like mana'a: its eyeball protruded, or became large,
و إليه عمله: نظر في عمله، فرأى سوء ما صنع.
and his work was examined: he looked into his deeds, and saw the evil of what he had done.
والتجحيظ: تحديد النظر.
And al-tajḥīẓ: intense staring.
والجاحظ: لقب عمرو بن بحر.
And al-Jāḥiẓ: the nickname of Amr ibn Bahr.