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بختر

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a specific manner of walking, characterized by pride, arrogance, and a swaying gait. It describes a pompous or swaggering way of moving.

Derived headwords

تَبَخْتَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to swaggerboth

    To walk with a proud, pompous, or arrogant gait, often characterized by a swaying motion.

البُخْتَرِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    the strutting walkboth

    the strutting walk

Parallel reading

التبختر في المشى.
Swaggering in the walk.
فلان يمشى البخترية.
So-and-so walks with the Bukhtariyah (swaggering walk).