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خردل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the mustard plant and its seeds. It also extends to the concept of cutting something into small pieces.

Derived headwords

الخَرْدَلnoun
  1. 1.
    well-known (mustard)both

    well-known (mustard)

خَرْدَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a single mustard seedboth

    a single mustard seed

خَرْدَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to cut smallclassical

    To cut meat into small pieces.

خَرْدَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to cut smallclassical

    To cut meat into small pieces, using the letter 'dal' (د) or 'dhal' (ذ).

Parallel reading

الخردل معروف
Mustard is well-known.
الواحدة خردلة
The singular (unit) is khardalah (a mustard seed).
وخردلت اللحم
And I cut the meat small.
أي قطعته صغارا
Meaning, I cut it into small pieces.
بالدال والذال جميعا
Using both the letter dal (د) and dhal (ذ).