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ضزن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to relate to concepts of jostling, competing, or interfering with someone, particularly in a familial or social context. It also extends to the idea of a rival or an idol.

Derived headwords

الضيزنnoun
  1. 1.
    rivalclassical

    A person who competes with or jostles his father for his father's wife.

  2. 2.
    jostlerclassical

    One who jostles you at a well when drawing water.

  3. 3.
    idolclassical

    The name of an idol.

Parallel reading

الضيزن: الذي يزاحم أباه في امرأته.
Al-ḍayzan: He who jostles his father in his wife.
قال أوس والفارسية فيهم غير منكرة * وكلهم (1) لأبيه ضيزن سلف
Aws said, and the Persians among them are not denied, * And all of them are a predecessor, a rival to his father.
ويقال: الضيزن: الذي يزاحمك عند الاستقاء في البئر.
And it is said: Al-ḍayzan: He who jostles you at the well when drawing water.
وضيزن: اسم صنم.
And Ḍayzan: The name of an idol.