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الخزف

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns pottery and ceramics, specifically items made from clay and fired. It also extends to a place name and a descriptive term for a type of gait.

Derived headwords

الخَزَفُnoun
  1. 1.
    Potteryboth

    Anything made from clay and fired in a kiln, resulting in earthenware or ceramic ware.

  2. 2.
    Ceramicsboth

    The art or process of making pottery and other ceramic wares.

خَزَفَverb
  1. 1.
    To make potteryclassical

    To create objects from clay that are then fired.

خَزَفَverb
  1. 1.
    To staggerclassical

    To walk or move unsteadily, with a swaying or staggering motion.

خزف في مشيه يخزف — He staggered in his walk.
خَزَفَةname
  1. 1.
    A nameboth

    A proper name, possibly a given name or a surname.

خُزْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Pottery shardclassical

    A broken piece of pottery.

خَزَفَةname
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

Parallel reading

الخزف، محركة: الجر، وكل ما عمل من طين وشوي بالنار حتى يكون فخارا
Pottery, vocalized with harakah: earthenware, and everything made from clay and baked by fire until it becomes pottery.
وإلى بيعه نسب محمد ابن علي الراشدي الفقيه
And Muhammad ibn Ali al-Rashidi the jurist was attributed to its sale.
وساباط ms1088 الخزف: ع ببغداد
And Sabat al-Khazaf: a place in Baghdad.
منه: محمد بن الفضل الناقد
From it: Muhammad ibn al-Fadl al-Naqid.
ومحمد بن علي بن خزفة، محركة: محدث
And Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Khazafah, vocalized with harakah: a traditionist.
وكجهينة: اسم
And like Juhaynah: a name.
وخزف في مشيه يخزف: خطر بيده
And he staggered in his walk, he staggers: he swayed his hand.