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الحدقة

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the eye, specifically its dark pupil, and related actions of looking intently. It also extends to the concept of an enclosed garden or orchard, and metaphorically to surrounding or encompassing.

Derived headwords

الحَدَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pupil of the eyeboth

    The dark, central part of the eye, the pupil.

  2. 2.
    eyeballclassical

    The entire eyeball.

الحَنْدَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pupil of the eyeclassical

    A variant term for the pupil of the eye.

الحِنْدِيقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pupil of the eyeclassical

    Another variant term for the pupil of the eye.

حَدَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to surroundboth

    To encircle or surround something.

  2. 2.
    to stareboth

    To look intently at something.

  3. 3.
    to open eyes (dead)classical

    For a deceased person to open their eyes and gaze.

  4. 4.
    to strike the pupilclassical

    To hit someone in the pupil of their eye.

أَحْدَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to surroundboth

    To encircle or surround something; a variant form of 'hadaqa'.

  2. 2.
    to stareboth

    To look intently at something; a variant form of 'hadaqa'.

احدودقverb
  1. 1.
    to surroundclassical

    To encircle or surround something; another variant form.

حُدُوقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    opening eyes (dead)classical

    The act of a deceased person opening their eyes and gazing.

الحَدَقnoun
  1. 1.
    eggplantclassical

    The vegetable eggplant.

الحَدِيقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gardenboth

    A garden, especially one with trees and plants.

  2. 2.
    orchardboth

    An orchard of palm trees and other trees.

  3. 3.
    enclosed areaclassical

    Anything enclosed by a building or wall.

  4. 4.
    plot of palm treesclassical

    A specific plot or section of palm trees.

  5. 5.
    area near a cityclassical

    An area or district located near a city.

حَدَائِقnoun
  1. 1.
    gardensboth

    Plural of 'hadīqah', meaning gardens or orchards.

أَحْدَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    pupils of the eyesboth

    Plural of 'hadaqah', referring to the pupils of the eyes.

حِدَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    pupils of the eyesboth

    Another plural form for the pupils of the eyes.

حَدِيقَة الرَّحْمَنname
  1. 1.
    Garden of the Mercifulclassical

    A garden belonging to Musaylimah the Liar, which was renamed 'Garden of Death' after he was killed there.

حَدِيقَة المَوْتname
  1. 1.
    Garden of Deathclassical

    The former 'Garden of the Merciful', renamed after Musaylimah's death.

التَّحْدِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    intense staringboth

    The act of staring intensely or gazing fixedly.

Parallel reading

الحدقة: سواد العين
The pupil: the blackness of the eye.
كالحندوقة والحنديقة
like al-Handaqah and al-Hundayqah.
ج: حدق وأحداق وحداق
Plural: hadaq, ahdaq, and hadaq.
وحدقوا به يحدقون: أطافوا به
And they surrounded him, they surround: they encircled him.
كأحدقوا واحدودقوا
like ahdaqu and ihdadqu.
و الشيء: نظر إليه
And the thing: he looked at it.
و الميت حدوقا: فتح عينيه، وطرف بهما
And the dead person, hudūqan: opened his eyes, and gazed with them.
و فلانا: أصاب حدقته
And so-and-so: he struck his pupil.
والحدق، محركة: الباذنجان
And al-Hadaq, muḥarrakah: the eggplant.
والحديقة: الروضة ذات الشجر
And al-Ḥadīqah: the meadow with trees.
أو البستان من النخل والشجر
Or the garden of palm trees and trees.
أو كل ما أحاط به البناء
Or everything that is enclosed by a building.
أو القطعة من النخل
Or a plot of palm trees.
وة من أعراض المدينة
Or an area from the outskirts of the city.
وحديقة الرحمن: بستان كان لمسيلمة الكذاب، فلما قتل عندها سميت: حديقة الموت
And Ḥadīqat al-Raḥmān: a garden that belonged to Musaylimah the Liar, and when he was killed there it was named: Ḥadīqat al-Mawt.
وكجهينة: ع لبني يربوع
And like Juḥaynah: a place belonging to Banu Yarbu'.
وأحدقت الروضة: صارت حديقة
And the meadow became surrounded: it became a garden.
والتحديق: شدة النظر
And al-Taḥdīq: intense staring.