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الخنظرف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to old age and decay, specifically referring to an old, dying woman. It also seems to encompass a broader sense of things that are neglected or in a state of disrepair.

Derived headwords

الخُنْظُرُفnoun
  1. 1.
    Old womanclassical

    An old woman who is in the process of dying or decaying.

  2. 2.
    Neglected thingsclassical

    All things that are neglected or in a state of disrepair, especially those that are old or worn out.

خَنْظَرَفَverb
  1. 1.
    To decayclassical

    To become old, worn out, and decayed, often used in reference to an old woman.

Parallel reading

العجوز الفانية
The dying old woman.
أو الصواب بالمهملة
Or it is correct with the unpointed letters.
أو جميع ما في المهملة
Or all that is in the unpointed letters.
فالمعجمة لغة فيه
And the pointed letters are a dialectical variant for it.