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حكر

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of hoarding or monopolizing goods, especially food, with the intention of profiting from rising prices. It also extends to the concept of confinement or restriction.

Derived headwords

اِحْتَكَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to hoard, monopolizeboth

    To gather and keep goods, especially food, in anticipation of higher prices and to control the market.

اِحْتِكَارnoun
  1. 1.
    hoarding, monopolyboth

    The act or practice of hoarding goods or monopolizing a market, especially for food, to control prices.

حَكَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to hoard, confineclassical

    To gather and keep something, or to confine or restrict someone or something.

حُكْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hoarded goodsclassical

    The goods that have been hoarded or monopolized, particularly food.

Parallel reading

احتكار الطعام: جمعه وحبسه يتربص به الغلاء.
Hoarding of food: gathering it and keeping it back, waiting for prices to rise.
وهو الحكرة بالضم.
And it is al-hukrah (with dammah).