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الجرزم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something dry, hard, and stale, particularly in the context of bread. It conveys a sense of being parched or desiccated.

Derived headwords

الجَرْزَمnoun
  1. 1.
    dry breadboth

    Bread that has become dry, hard, and stale, often to the point of being inedible.

  2. 2.
    parched landclassical

    Land that is extremely dry and barren due to lack of water.

جَرْزَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to become dryboth

    To become dry, hard, and stale, especially referring to bread.

  2. 2.
    to parchclassical

    To make something extremely dry, like land.

Parallel reading

الجرزم، كجعفر وزبرج: الخبز القفار اليابس.
Al-jarzam, like ja'far and zabraj: the dry, parched bread.