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وشر

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of sawing or cutting wood, and by extension, to sharpening or filing teeth, particularly in a cosmetic or modifying sense.

Derived headwords

وَشَرَverb
  1. 1.
    he sawed the wood with the saw, not hamzated, a variant of 'asharahā'both

    he sawed the wood with the saw, not hamzated, a variant of 'asharahā'

  2. 2.
    also: for a woman to sharpen her teethboth

    also: for a woman to sharpen her teeth

وَشْرnoun
  1. 1.
    he sawed the wood with the saw, not hamzated, a variant of 'asharahā'both

    he sawed the wood with the saw, not hamzated, a variant of 'asharahā'

  2. 2.
    also: for a woman to sharpen her teethboth

    also: for a woman to sharpen her teeth

مِيْشَارnoun
  1. 1.
    sawboth

    A tool used for cutting wood or other materials, consisting of a metal blade with a toothed edge.

أَشَرَتْverb
  1. 1.
    she filed her teethclassical

    A verb form indicating the action of filing or sharpening teeth.

الْوَاشِرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tooth filer (female)classical

    A woman who files or sharpens her teeth.

الْمُؤْتَشِرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the one who has her teeth filedboth

    the one who has her teeth filed

Parallel reading

وشرت الخشبة بالميشار غير مهموز: لغة في أشرت.
I sawed the wood with the saw, un-hamzated: a dialectal variant of 'ashart' (I sawed).
والوشر أيضا: أن تحدد المرأد أسنانها وترقعها
And al-washr also: is for a woman to sharpen her teeth and file them.
وفي الحديث: " لعن الله الواشرة والمؤتشرة ".
And in the hadith: 'May Allah curse the tooth-filer (female) and the one whose teeth are filed'.