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الحزنقفة

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This entry discusses a word related to shortness, noting a potential misspelling and offering a correction.

Derived headwords

الحُزْنَقِفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    short personclassical

    A term referring to someone who is short in stature.

الحُرْنُقِفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    short personclassical

    The correct spelling for a term referring to someone who is short in stature.

Parallel reading

الحزنقفة بالضم: للقصيرة، تصحيف، والصواب بالراء المهملة.
Al-ḥiznaqifah (with dammah) is for a short woman; it is a misspelling, and the correct form is with the unpointed raa'.