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التنبل

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of shortness or being stunted. It also encompasses terms for a specific type of gourd, the Indian pumpkin.

Derived headwords

التنبلnoun
  1. 1.
    short personboth

    A person who is short in stature.

كدرهمother
  1. 1.
    like dirhamclassical

    Used as a metonymy or comparison for the word التنبل, indicating its form or pattern.

قرطاسother
  1. 1.
    like qirtasclassical

    Used as a metonymy or comparison for the word التنبل, indicating its form or pattern.

قرطاسةother
  1. 1.
    like qirtasaclassical

    Used as a metonymy or comparison for the word التنبل, indicating its form or pattern.

زنبورother
  1. 1.
    like zunburclassical

    Used as a metonymy or comparison for the word التنبل, indicating its form or pattern.

التنبلnoun
  1. 1.
    Indian pumpkinclassical

    A type of gourd, specifically the Indian pumpkin.

كتنضبother
  1. 1.
    like tanḍabclassical

    Used as a metonymy or comparison for the word التانبول, indicating its form or pattern.

التانبولnoun
  1. 1.
    Indian pumpkinclassical

    A type of gourd, specifically the Indian pumpkin. This is a variant spelling or pronunciation.

التامولnoun
  1. 1.
    Indian pumpkinclassical

    The Indian pumpkin, a type of gourd. This is the primary term referred to by the variants.

Parallel reading

التنبل، كدرهم وقرطاس وقرطاسة وزنبور: القصير.
Al-tanbul, like dirham, qirtas, qirtasa, and zunbur: the short one.
والتنبل، كتنضب، والتانبول: لغتان في التامول: لليقطين الهندي، وتقدم في: ت م ل.
And al-tanbul, like tanḍab, and al-tanbūl: are two linguistic variants for al-tāmūl: meaning the Indian pumpkin, and it has preceded in: t-m-l.