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رزن

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of stability, weight, and elevation, often associated with places that hold water or possess a sense of groundedness. It also extends to personal qualities of gravity and composure, and the physical act of assessing weight.

Derived headwords

الرزنnoun
  1. 1.
    Elevated placeclassical

    An elevated place that retains water, implying stability and a secure location.

رزونnoun
  1. 1.
    Elevated placesclassical

    Plural of الرزن, referring to multiple elevated places that hold water.

رزانnoun
  1. 1.
    Elevated placesclassical

    Another plural form of الرزن, referring to elevated places that hold water.

  2. 2.
    Water poolsclassical

    Referring to pools or depressions where water collects, derived from the concept of elevated places that hold water.

رزنةnoun
  1. 1.
    Water poolclassical

    A single instance of a water pool or depression, the singular form of رزان (water pools).

رزانةnoun
  1. 1.
    Composureboth

    The quality of being composed, dignified, and possessing gravity or seriousness.

رزنverb
  1. 1.
    The man was dignified (verb form like ظَرُفَ).both

    The man was dignified (verb form like ظَرُفَ).

رزينadjective
  1. 1.
    Meaning dignified.both

    Meaning dignified.

  2. 2.
    Meaning heavy.both

    Meaning heavy.

رزنتverb
  1. 1.
    I weighed the thing (verb form like نَصَرَ).both

    I weighed the thing (verb form like نَصَرَ).

أرزنهverb
  1. 1.
    To lift (to test weight)classical

    The causative form, meaning to lift something to test its weight.

رزناnoun
  1. 1.
    Testing weightclassical

    The act or process of lifting something to test its weight.

شئ رزينnoun
  1. 1.
    Heavy thingboth

    An object that is heavy or substantial.

الأرزنnoun
  1. 1.
    Hardwood treeclassical

    A type of tree with hard wood, from which sturdy staffs or sticks are made.

روزنةnoun
  1. 1.
    Small windowboth

    A small opening or window in a wall, often for ventilation or light; an aperture. This word is considered an Arabicized loanword.

Parallel reading

الرزن: المكان المرتفع وفيه طمأنينة، يمسك الماء.
Al-razn: The elevated place which has tranquility and retains water.
والجمع رزون ورزان، مثل فرخ وفروخ وفراخ.
And the plural is ruzūn and razān, like farkh, furūkh, and farākh.
أبو عبيدة: الرزان: مناقع الماء، واحدتها رزنة بالكسر.
Abu Ubaidah: Al-razān: pools of water, the singular of which is raznah (with kasra).
والرزانة: الوقار، وقد رزن الرجل بالضم فهو رزين، أي وقور.
And al-razānah: composure; a man may be razana (with damma), so he is razīn, meaning composed.
وامرأة رزان، إذا كانت رزينة في مجلسها.
And a woman is razān, if she is razīnah in her assembly.
حصان رزان لا تزن بريبة وتصبح غرثى من لحوم الغوافل
A chaste, composed woman, who is not suspected of any fault and remains hungry from the flesh of the heedless.
ورزنت الشئ أرزنه رزنا، إذا رفعته لتنظر ما ثقله من خفته.
And I razantu a thing, I arzanuhu raznan, if you lift it to see its weight versus its lightness.
وشئ رزين، أي ثقيل.
And a razīn thing, meaning heavy.
والأرزن: شجر صلب تتخذ منه العصي.
And al-arzan: a hard tree from which staffs are made.
إني وجدك ما أقضي الغريم وإن حان القضاء ولا رقت له كبدي إلا عصا أرزن طارت برايتها تنوء ضربتها بالكف والعضد
By your life, I do not pay my creditor, even when the time comes, nor does my liver soften for him, except with a staff of arzan wood, whose strength is such that its strike burdens the hand and arm.
ابن السكيت: الروزنة: الكوة، وهى معربة.
Ibn al-Sikkit: Al-rawzanah: the small window, and it is an Arabicized word.