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الهزرقة

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a type of unpleasant or forced laughter, and also to a place of confinement or prison.

Derived headwords

الهَزْرَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    forced laughterclassical

    A type of laughter that is considered among the worst kinds, implying it is unnatural or unpleasant.

هَزْرُوقَىnoun
  1. 1.
    prisonclassical

    A place of confinement or imprisonment.

المَهْزَرَقnoun
  1. 1.
    the imprisonedclassical

    This refers to someone who is imprisoned or confined.

المِهْرَزَقnoun
  1. 1.
    the imprisonedclassical

    This is an alternative form referring to someone who is imprisoned or confined.

Parallel reading

الهَزْرَقَة: من أسوإ الضحك.
Al-hazraqa: is of the worst kinds of laughter.
وهزروقى: للحبس: لغة في هرزوقى لا تصحيف.
And hazruqi: is for prison: a variant of harzuqi, not a textual corruption.
والمهزرق: المهرزق.
And al-mahzaraq: is al-mahrazq.