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عرزل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

The root عرزل primarily relates to gathering, collecting, or assembling things, often for a specific purpose like protection or sustenance. It also extends to the concept of a place or structure built for such purposes.

Derived headwords

العَرْزَالnoun
  1. 1.
    watchtowerclassical

    A structure or place that a watchman (ناطور) sets up high in the branches of trees to protect himself, often from a lion.

  2. 2.
    collection of dried meatclassical

    What a hunter gathers during a specific period, consisting of dried meat (قديد).

Parallel reading

العرزال: موضع يتخذه الناطور فوق أطراف الشجر، فرارا من الأسد.
Al-ʿarzal: a place that the watchman takes above the branches of trees, fleeing from the lion.
والعرزال: ما يجمعه الصائد في القترة من القديد.
And al-ʿarzal: what the hunter gathers in the period from dried meat.