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خنظوة

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the upper parts of mountains and, metaphorically, to aspects of hearing, speaking ill, and causing corruption or mischief.

Derived headwords

خَنْظُوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    summitboth

    The highest point or summit of a mountain.

الخَنْظِيَانnoun
  1. 1.
    colocynthclassical

    A type of bitter gourd, often referring to the plant Citrullus colocynthis.

خَنْظَىverb
  1. 1.
    to hearclassical

    To perceive sound with the ear.

  2. 2.
    to speak ill ofclassical

    To mention someone negatively or disparagingly.

  3. 3.
    to inciteclassical

    To provoke or stir up someone to action, often negative.

  4. 4.
    to corruptclassical

    To cause moral decay or ruin; to spoil.

Parallel reading

خنظوة الجبل، بالضم: أعلاه.
The summit of the mountain, with damma: its highest part.
والخنظيان: الحنظيان.
And al-khunẓiyān: al-ḥanẓiyān.
وخنظى به: سمع،
And khunẓā bihi: he heard,
ونَدَّدَ،
and spoke ill of,
وسَخِرَ،
and mocked,
وأغْرَى،
and incited,
وأفْسَدَ.
and corrupted.