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الحندقوق

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a type of herb, with related terms possibly describing a tall, unsteady person or someone foolish. The variations in pronunciation suggest regional or dialectal differences.

Derived headwords

الحندقوقnoun
  1. 1.
    Herbclassical

    A type of herb, also referred to as 'al-dharq'.

الذرقnoun
  1. 1.
    Herbclassical

    A name for a specific type of herb, synonymous with 'al-handaqūq'.

الحندقوقىnoun
  1. 1.
    Herbclassical

    A variant pronunciation of the name of a herb, similar to 'al-handaqūq'.

الحندقوقadjective
  1. 1.
    Tall and unsteadyclassical

    Describing a man who is tall and appears unsteady or disheveled.

الحندقوقadjective
  1. 1.
    Foolishclassical

    Describing a person who is foolish or lacking in intelligence.

Parallel reading

الحندقوق: بقلة يقال لها: الذرق
Al-handaqūq: a herb called al-dharq.
كالحندقوقى، بضم القاف وفتحها
Like al-handaqūqī, with the qāf pronounced with dammah (u) or fatḥah (a).
وقد تكسر الحاء في الكل
And the ḥāʼ may be pronounced with kasrah (i) in all of them.
والرجل الطويل المضطرب
And a tall, unsteady man.
والأحمق
And a fool.