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الجلحن

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root describes a person characterized by stinginess and a narrow-minded, ungenerous disposition. It focuses on the negative traits of being miserly and lacking in generosity or breadth of spirit.

Derived headwords

الجِلْحِنnoun
  1. 1.
    stingy personboth

    A person who is extremely miserly and unwilling to spend money or be generous.

الجِلْحَانnoun
  1. 1.
    stingy personboth

    A person characterized by stinginess and a lack of generosity; a miser.

Parallel reading

الجلحن والجلحان، بكسرهما والحاء مهملة: الضيق البخيل.
Al-jilḥin and al-jilḥān, with kasra on both and the ḥā' unpointed: the narrow-minded, the stingy.