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الشرن

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a fissure or crack, particularly in rock. It also encompasses a place name and names of plants, specifically safflower or saffron.

Derived headwords

شَرِنَverb
  1. 1.
    to crackboth

    To develop a crack or fissure, especially in a rock.

شَرْنnoun
  1. 1.
    fissure in rockclassical

    A crack or fissure found in a rock formation.

شَرْنnoun
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A locality or region in Tabaristan.

شُورَانnoun
  1. 1.
    safflowerboth

    A plant, Carthamus tinctorius, known for its dye and oil.

  2. 2.
    saffronboth

    Alternatively, it may refer to saffron, derived from the Crocus sativus flower.

الشَّارِيَانname
  1. 1.
    given nameclassical

    A personal name, specifically referring to Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Shariyan, a hadith narrator.

Parallel reading

الشق في الصخرة
The crack in the rock.
وقد شرن
And it cracked.
وبالتحريك: د بطبرستان
And with vowelization (fatha): a place in Tabaristan.
والشوران، بالضم: القرطم
And al-shuran, with damma: safflower.
أو العصفر
Or the safflower/saffron.
ومحمد بن عبد الله بن الشاريان: محدث
And Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Shariyan: a hadith narrator.