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عظلم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to darkness and a specific plant used for dyeing. The primary meanings revolve around dark or obscure things, particularly the night, and a plant identified as 'al-wusmah' in Persian.

Derived headwords

العَظْلَمnoun
  1. 1.
    Dye plantboth

    A plant used for dyeing, identified as 'al-wusmah' and referred to as 'naql' in Persian.

العَظْلَمnoun
  1. 1.
    Dark nightclassical

    The dark night, used metaphorically to describe something obscure or intensely dark.

Parallel reading

العظلم: نبت يصبغ به
Al-'aẓlam: a plant by which one dyes.
وهو بالفارسية " نقل "
And it is 'naql' in Persian.
ويقال هو الوسمة
And it is said to be al-wusmah.
والعظلم: الليل المظلم
And al-'aẓlam: the dark night.
وهو على التشبيه
And it is by way of simile/metaphor.