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خزرج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to wind, specifically southern or cold winds. It also extends to descriptions of strength, and is used as a proper noun for a man and a significant tribe of the Ansar.

Derived headwords

الخَزْرَجnoun
  1. 1.
    windclassical

    A type of wind, often described as southern or cold.

  2. 2.
    southern windclassical

    Specifically refers to the southern wind.

  3. 3.
    cold windclassical

    A wind characterized by its coldness.

  4. 4.
    strong windclassical

    A wind that is intense or powerful.

  5. 5.
    lionclassical

    Used metaphorically to describe a lion due to its strength.

  6. 6.
    man's name

    A proper name for a man.

  7. 7.
    tribe of Ansar

    A prominent tribe among the Ansar, known as the Khazraj.

خَزْرَجَتverb
  1. 1.
    to limpclassical

    The ewe limped, indicating lameness.

خَزْرَجَت الشاةُ — The ewe limped.

Parallel reading

الخزرج: ريح
Al-Khazraj: a wind.
أي ينعت به (أو) الريح (الجنوب)
Meaning it is described as (or) the southern wind.
وقيل: هي الريح الباردة
And it was said: it is the cold wind.
وقيل: هي الشديدة
And it was said: it is the strong (wind).
الخزرج: هي الجنوب، غير مجراة
Al-Khazraj: it is the south, not conjugated (as a proper noun).
الخزرج: هي الجنوب، غير مجراة، قال شيخنا: أي لجمعها بين العلمية والتأنيث، وأشار إلى أنها حال العلمية تجرد من الألف واللام، لأن الاقتران بهما يوجب الصرف.
Al-Khazraj: it is the south, not conjugated, our sheikh said: meaning due to its combination of being a proper noun and feminine, and he indicated that in its state as a proper noun it is stripped of the definite article 'al-' because its conjunction with it necessitates declension.
الخزرج: الأسد
Al-Khazraj: the lion.
الخزرج: اسم رجل
Al-Khazraj: the name of a man.
قبيلة من الأنصار
A tribe of the Ansar.
قبيلة الأنصار هي الأوس والخزرج، ابنا قيلة، وهي أمهما، نسبا إليها
The tribe of the Ansar are the Aws and the Khazraj, sons of Qaylah, who was their mother, and they are attributed to her.
وهما ابنا حارثة ابن ثعلبة، من اليمن
And they are the sons of Harithah ibn Tha'labah, from Yemen.
الخزرج: ريح الجنوب، وبه سميت القبيلة الخرزج وهي أنفع من الشمال
Al-Khazraj: the southern wind, and by it the tribe was named Al-Khazraj, and it is more beneficial than the north.
أولاد الخزرج خمسة عمر و، وعوف، وجشم، وكعب، والحارث
The sons of Khazraj are five: 'Amr, 'Awf, Jusham, Ka'b, and Al-Harith.
الخزرج في الأنصار، وفي تغلب
Al-Khazraj are among the Ansar, and among Taghlib.
سعد بن الخزرج بن تيمه الله بن النمر
Sa'd ibn Al-Khazraj ibn Taymah Allah ibn Al-Nimr.
خَزْرَجَت الشاةُ: خمعت
The ewe limped: it became lame.