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خزر

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a physical characteristic of the eyes, specifically narrowness and smallness, often implying a squint or a peculiar way of looking. It also extends to describe a type of food, a disease, and various plants and their parts, as well as a gait.

Derived headwords

الخَزَرnoun
  1. 1.
    narrowness and smallness of the eyeboth

    The condition of having narrow and small eyes.

  2. 2.
    squinting appearanceclassical

    Describing a person who appears to look from the inner corner of their eye.

  3. 3.
    a group of peopleclassical

    A term referring to a specific group or tribe of people.

أَخْزَرadjective
  1. 1.
    narrow-eyedboth

    Describing a person with narrow and small eyes.

رجل أخزر بين الخزر — A man with narrow eyes, characterized by narrowness.
تَخَازَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to squintboth

    To narrow one's eyelids in order to focus one's vision, similar to pretending to be blind or ignorant.

إذا تخازرت وما بي من خزر — When he squints, though I have no squint.
الخُزْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pain in the spineclassical

    An ache that affects a vertebra in the back.

من خزرات فيه وانقطاعه — from pains in it and its severance.
الخَزِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    meat cut into small pieces in a lot of water, and when cooked, flour is sprinkled on itboth

    meat cut into small pieces in a lot of water, and when cooked, flour is sprinkled on it

وضع الخزير فقيل أين مجاشع — The khazir was served, and it was asked, 'Where is Majashi?'
الخَزِيرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    meat cut into small pieces in a lot of water, and when cooked, flour is sprinkled on itboth

    meat cut into small pieces in a lot of water, and when cooked, flour is sprinkled on it

الخِنْزِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    pigboth

    The singular form of 'khanaazeer', referring to a pig.

  2. 2.
    a diseaseclassical

    A known ailment characterized by hard sores that appear on the neck.

  3. 3.
    a place nameclassical

    The name of a specific location mentioned in poetry.

الخَنَازِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    pigsboth

    The plural of 'khinzeer', referring to pigs.

  2. 2.
    a diseaseclassical

    A known ailment characterized by hard sores that appear on the neck.

الخَيْزُرانnoun
  1. 1.
    bambooboth

    A type of plant, referring to the roots of the canal or reeds.

  2. 2.
    reedsboth

    A general term for reeds.

يجاوبهن الخيزران المثقب — the perforated bamboo/reeds answer them.
الخَيَازِرnoun
  1. 1.
    bambooboth

    The plural of 'khayzuran', referring to bamboo or reeds.

الخَيْزُرانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    rudderclassical

    The steering oar of a boat, specifically mentioned in the context of the Euphrates river.

بِالخَيْزُرانَةِ بَعْدَ الأَيْنِ وَالنَجْدِ — by the rudder after exhaustion and travel.
الخَيْزَريnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of gaitclassical

    A gait characterized by looseness or disjointedness.

الخَوْزَريnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of gaitclassical

    A gait characterized by looseness or disjointedness.

وَالنَاشِئاتِ الماشِياتِ الخَوْزَرى — And the emerging ones, the walking ones, with a disjointed gait.

Parallel reading

الخزر: ضيق العين وصغرها.
Al-khazar: narrowness and smallness of the eye.
رجل أخزر بين الخزر.
A man with narrow eyes, characterized by narrowness.
ويقال: هو أن يكون الإنسان كأنه ينظر بمؤخرها.
And it is said: it is when a person appears as if looking from the inner corner of their eye.
ودعيت في أولى الندي ولم ينظر إلى بأعين خزر
And I was called to the first gathering, and no one looked at me with narrow eyes.
والخزر: جيل من الناس.
And Al-khazar: a group of people.
وتخازر الرجل، إذا ضيق جفنه ليحدد النظر كقولك: تعامى وتجاهل.
And a man squints, when he narrows his eyelid to focus his vision, like your saying: he pretends to be blind and ignorant.
إذا تخازرت وما بي من خزر
When he squints, though I have no squint.
والخزرة، مثال الهمزة: وجع يأخذ في فقرة الظهر.
And Al-khuzrah, like Al-hamzah: a pain that affects a vertebra in the back.
من خزرات فيه وانقطاعه
from pains in it and its severance.
والخزير والخزيرة: أن تنصب القدر بلحم يقطع صغارا على ماء كثير، فإذا نضج ذر عليه الدقيق.
And Al-khazir and Al-khazirah: to set up the pot with meat cut into small pieces in a lot of water, and when it is cooked, sprinkle flour on it.
إن لم يكن فيها لحم فهى عصيدة.
If there is no meat in it, it is 'aseedah' (a porridge).
وضع الخزير فقيل أين مجاشع
The khazir was served, and it was asked, 'Where is Majashi?'
والخنزير: واحد الخنازير.
And Al-khinzeer: one of the pigs.
والخنازير أيضا: علة معروفة، وهي قروح صلبة تحدث في الرقبة.
And Al-khanaazeer also: a known ailment, which is hard sores that occur in the neck.
والخنزير الذى في شعر لبيد: اسم موضع.
And Al-khinzeer which is in the poetry of Labid: the name of a place.
والخيزران: شجر، وهو عروق القناة، والجمع: الخيازر.
And Al-khayzuran: a tree, and it is the roots of the canal, and the plural is: Al-khayazar.
والخيزران: القصب.
And Al-khayzuran: reeds.
كأن المطافيل المواليه وسطه * يجاوبهن الخيزران المثقب
As if the young camels and their owners were in its midst, the perforated bamboo/reeds answering them.
والخيزرانة: السكان.
And Al-khayzurana: the rudder.
يظل من خوفه الملاح معتصما * بالخيزرانة بعد الأين والنجد
The sailor remains clinging to the rudder out of fear of it, after exhaustion and travel.
والخيزري والخوزري: مشية فيها تفكك.
And Al-khayzari and Al-khuzari: a gait with looseness in it.
والناشئات الماشيات الخوزرى
And the emerging ones, the walking ones, with a disjointed gait.