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قرمل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a type of weak, thorny shrub. It also extends to terms for young camels, camels with humps, and adornments worn in hair.

Derived headwords

القَرْمَلnoun
  1. 1.
    shrubboth

    A type of weak shrub that lacks thorns.

قرملةnoun
  1. 1.
    shrubberyclassical

    Refers to a shrub, often used in a diminutive or weak sense, as seen in the proverb.

القرملnoun
  1. 1.
    young camelclassical

    Refers to the young of the Bactrian camel (Bختي).

القَرَامِلnoun
  1. 1.
    two-humped camelsclassical

    Camels that possess two humps, specifically referring to Bactrian camels.

القَرَامِلnoun
  1. 1.
    hair adornmentsclassical

    Items that a woman ties or fastens into her hair.

Parallel reading

شجر ضعيف لا شوك له.
A weak shrub that has no thorns.
ذليل عاذ بقرملة
A humiliated person sought refuge with a shrub.
كان الفرزدق إذ يعوذ بخاله مثل الذليل يعوذ تحت القرمل
Al-Farazdaq, when he sought refuge with his maternal uncle, was like the humiliated one seeking refuge under the shrub.
والقرمل بالكسر: ولد البختي.
And al-qarmal (with kasra) is the young of the Bactrian camel.
والقرامل: الإبل ذوات السنامين.
And al-qaramil are the camels with two humps.
والقرامل: ما تشدها المرأة في شعرها.
And al-qaramil are what a woman ties in her hair.