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البهلق

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a very red-skinned woman, characterized by excessive talkativeness and a lack of restraint. It also extends to meanings of deceit, arrogance, and cunning, as well as a specific tribal group and a geographical location.

Derived headwords

البَهْلَقnoun
  1. 1.
    Extremely red womanclassical

    A woman who is exceptionally red in complexion.

  2. 2.
    Talkative womanclassical

    A woman who talks excessively and without restraint.

  3. 3.
    Tribeclassical

    A clan or tribe among the Arabs.

كزبرجnoun
  1. 1.
    Irritable manclassical

    A man who is noisy and easily angered or annoyed.

جعفرnoun
  1. 1.
    Cunning personclassical

    A shrewd, crafty, or cunning individual.

عصفرnoun
  1. 1.
    Red colorclassical

    A deep red color, like that of the safflower plant.

بهلقاadverb
  1. 1.
    Openlyclassical

    Coming face-to-face, without concealment or hiding.

البَهَالِقnoun
  1. 1.
    Falsehoodsclassical

    Things that are untrue, baseless, or nonsensical.

البَهْلَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Arroganceclassical

    Conceit, haughtiness, and excessive pride.

  2. 2.
    Ostentationclassical

    Showy display or pretentiousness.

  3. 3.
    Cunningclassical

    Skill in achieving ends by deceit or evasion.

  4. 4.
    Deceitful speechclassical

    Encountering someone with their words and tongue, implying insincerity or manipulation.

  5. 5.
    Lyingclassical

    The act of uttering falsehoods.

تَبَهْلَقَverb
  1. 1.
    To lieclassical

    To engage in falsehood or deceitful speech.

جامع بهليقىname
  1. 1.
    Western bridge of Baghdadclassical

    A specific bridge located in the western part of Baghdad.

Parallel reading

البَهْلَق: المرأة الحمراء جدا، والكثيرة الكلام التي لا صيور لها، وحي من العرب.
Al-Bahlq: The extremely red woman, the very talkative one who has no restraint, and a tribe of Arabs.
وكزبرج: الرجل الصخب الضجور.
And Kazbaraj: The noisy, irritable man.
وجاء بالكلمة بهلقا، بالكسر والفتح، أي: مواجهة لا يستتر.
And he came with the word 'bahlqan' (with kasra and fatha), meaning: face-to-face, not hidden.
والبهالق: الأباطيل.
And Al-Bahaliq: Falsehoods.
وكجعفر: الداهية.
And like Ja'far: The cunning one.
والبهلقة: الكبر، والطرمذة، والداهية، وأن يلقاك الإنسان بكلامه ولسانه، والكذب، كالتبهلق.
And Al-Bahlqah: Arrogance, ostentation, cunning, encountering a person with their speech and tongue, and lying, like Tabaḥluqa.
جامع بهليقى: غربي بغداد.
Jami' Bahlīqī: Western Baghdad.