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دهبرج

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This entry discusses the Persian loanword 'dahbaraj', meaning ten feathers or ten quills. It is noted that this word was Arabized and that the root components were largely neglected by classical lexicographers.

Derived headwords

الدَّهْبَرَجnoun
  1. 1.
    ten feathersclassical

    A Persian loanword, Arabized, meaning ten feathers or ten quills.

دَهْ بَرَother
  1. 1.
    tenclassical

    The Persian origin of the word, meaning 'ten'.

بَرّother
  1. 1.
    featherclassical

    The Persian origin of the word, meaning 'feather' or 'quill'.

Parallel reading

الدَّهْبَرَج، مشددة الراء
Al-dahbaraj, with a shaddah on the raa.
فارسي (معرب ده بره، أي عشر ريشات)
Persian (Arabized from 'dah barah', meaning ten feathers).
فده معناه عشرة
So its meaning is ten.
وبر بالباء الفارسية ريش
And 'bar' with the Persian 'ba' means feather.
عرب بالجيم
It was Arabized with a jim.
وهاتان المادتان أهملهما ابن منظور وغيرخ
And these two components were neglected by Ibn Manzur and others.