خرنق

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to young animals, specifically rabbits, and also appears in place names and as a proper noun for a poetess.

Derived headwords

الْخِرْنَقnoun

مُخَرِّنَقَةadjective

1.
abundant in young rabbitsclassical
An area that is abundant with young rabbits.

خِرْنَقname

1.
poetessclassical
The name of a female poet, specifically Khuranaq bint Hafan of the Banu Sa'd ibn Dubay'ah.

الْخُورَنَقname

1.
the name of a palace in Iraq built by Al-Nu'man Al-Akbarboth
the name of a palace in Iraq built by Al-Nu'man Al-Akbar

الخرنق: ولد الأرنب.

Al-khirnaq: the young of the rabbit.

وأرض مخرنقة: ذات خرانق.

And a mukharniqah land: one with young rabbits.

وخرنق أيضا: اسم امرأة شاعرة.

And Khuranaq also: the name of a poetess.

قال أبو عبيدة: هي خرنق بنت هفان من بنى سعد ابن ضبيعة، رهط الاعشى.

Abu Ubaydah said: She is Khuranaq bint Hafan from Banu Sa'd ibn Dubay'ah, the kin of Al-A'sha.

والخورنق: اسم قصر بالعراق، فارسي معرب

And Al-Khuwaranaq: the name of a palace in Iraq, an Arabized Persian word.

بناه النعمان الاكبر الذى يقال له: الاعور

Al-Nu'man al-Akbar, who is called Al-A'war, built it.

وهو الذى لبس المسوح وساح في الارض

He is the one who wore sackcloth and wandered the earth.

قال عدى بن زيد يذكره:

Adi ibn Zayd mentioned it, saying:

وتبين رب الخورنق إذ أشرف يوما وللهدى تفكير

And the lord of Al-Khuwaranaq became clear when he looked out one day, and in guidance is contemplation.

سره ما له وكثرة ما يملك والبحر معرضا والسدير

His secret is what he possesses and the abundance of what he owns, and the sea before him and the riverside pavilion.

فارعوى قلبه فقال وما غبطة حي إلى الممات يصير

So his heart was restrained, and he said, 'And what envy is there for a living being who will end up in death?'