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الزرفين

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a type of door ring or handle, and by extension, to making something resemble such a ring or handle, particularly concerning the temples of the head.

Derived headwords

الزَّرْفِينnoun
  1. 1.
    door ringclassical

    A ring or handle attached to a door, used for opening or closing it.

  2. 2.
    general termclassical

    A general term for a ring-like object, possibly a loanword.

زَرْفَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to make like a ringclassical

    To shape or make something resemble a ring or the specific object called 'zarfayn'.

Parallel reading

الزَّرْفِين، بالضَّمِّ والكَسْرِ: حَلْقَةٌ للبَابِ، أو عامٌّ، مُعَرَّبٌ.
Al-zarfayn, with damma and kasra: a ring for the door, or general, a loanword.
وقَدْ زَرْفَنَ صُدْغَيْهِ: جَعَلَهُمَا كالزَّرْفَيْنِ.
And he made his temples like the zarfayn: he made them like the zarfayn.