خذرف

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to objects that spin or whirl, often with a buzzing or whirring sound. It extends to describe things that are cut into pieces, resembling the fragmented nature of a spinning toy.

Derived headwords

الخَذْرُوفnoun

1.
spinning toyboth
A toy that a child spins with a string held in their hands, producing a buzzing sound.

خَذَارِيفnoun

1.
pieces, fragmentsclassical
Pieces or fragments, likened to the parts of a spinning toy.

الخَذْرَافnoun

1.
type of desert plantclassical
A type of desert plant (a species of *Haloxylon* or similar).

خَذْرَافَةnoun

1.
single desert plantclassical
A single plant of the type known as al-khadhraf.

Parallel reading

الخَذْرُوف، بالذال المعجمة: شئ يدوره الصبي بخيط في يديه فيسمع له دوي.

Al-khadhroof, with the voiced dental fricative (dhāl): a thing that a child spins with a string in their hands, and a buzzing sound is heard from it.

درير كخذروف الوليد أمره تتابع كفيه بخيط موصل

Flowing like the spinning toy of a child, its action is the succession of its hands with a connecting string.

والجمع الخذاريف.

And the plural is al-khadhareef.

يقال: تركت السيوف رأسه خذاريف، أي قطعا، كل قطعة مثل الخذروف.

It is said: the swords left his head in pieces, meaning cut into fragments, each piece like the spinning toy.

والخذراف: ضرب من الحمض، الواحدة خذرافة.

And al-khadhraf: a type of desert plant, the singular is khadhrafah.