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خيد

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root entry primarily discusses a Persian loanword that has been Arabized and modified, referring to a type of moist or wet substance, specifically a date.

Derived headwords

الخيدnoun
  1. 1.
    moist dateclassical

    A term for a moist or wet date, considered a Persian loanword that has been Arabized.

خيذnoun
  1. 1.
    moist date (original)classical

    The original Persian form of the word for a moist date, before it was Arabized and its 'dhāl' sound was changed to 'dāl'.

خويذnoun
  1. 1.
    moist date (variant)classical

    A variant pronunciation or spelling of the word for a moist date, with the 'dhāl' sound preserved.

Parallel reading

الخيد كميل
Al-khayd is a type of date.
أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari ignored it.
وقال الليث هي: (الرطبة)
And Al-Layth said it is: (the moist date).
فارسية (عربوها وغيروها)
Persian (they Arabized it and changed it).
وحولوا الذال دالا
And they changed the 'dhāl' to a 'dāl'.
وأصلها خيذ كما هو نص الليث
And its origin is 'khaydh' as is stated by Al-Layth.
وتبعه الأزهري
And Al-Azhari followed him.
والذي أعرفه من هاذه اللغة للرطبة (خويذ) بالكسر
And what I know of this language for the moist date is (khuyidh) with a kasra.
والذال المعجمة
And the dotted 'dhāl'.