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نرد

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root entry primarily discusses the game of backgammon, its origins, and related terminology. It also touches upon a type of basket used for transporting dates and a medicinal ointment.

Derived headwords

النردnoun
  1. 1.
    backgammonboth

    A board game, known in Arabic as backgammon, which is of Persian origin.

  2. 2.
    diceboth

    The pieces used in the game of backgammon, often referred to as dice.

نرد شيرnoun
  1. 1.
    backgammon (Persian name)classical

    A name for backgammon, derived from its supposed originator, Ardashir, with 'shir' possibly meaning sweet or lion.

الرندnoun
  1. 1.
    basketclassical

    A wide-bottomed, cone-shaped basket made from palm leaves, used for carrying dates.

شريطnoun
  1. 1.
    rope/cordboth

    A twisted cord or rope made from palm fiber, used to reinforce the basket.

النردnoun
  1. 1.
    ointmentclassical

    A medicinal ointment composed of various ingredients.

عباس النرديname
  1. 1.
    Abbas al-Nardiclassical

    A person named Abbas, whose nisba (attribution) suggests a connection to the game of backgammon, possibly due to playing it.

نشدverb
  1. 1.
    to seek and findboth

    To search for something lost and then to recognize or find it.

  2. 2.
    to knowboth

    To know or recognize something.

نشداnoun
  1. 1.
    seeking and findingboth

    The act of searching for and finding something lost.

نشدةnoun
  1. 1.
    seeking and findingboth

    The act of searching for and finding something lost.

نشداناnoun
  1. 1.
    seeking and findingboth

    The act of searching for and finding something lost.

Parallel reading

هو (م) ، معروف، شيء يلعب به
It is a known game, something played with.
فارسي، (معرب)
Persian, Arabized.
وضعه أردشير بن بابك
Ardashir ibn Babak invented it.
ولهاذا يقال له النرد شير
And for this reason it is called Nard Shir.
من لعب بالنرد شير فكأنما غمس يده في لحم الخنزير ودمه
Whoever plays Nard Shir is as if they have dipped their hand in pork and blood.
النرد اسم أعجمي معرب
Al-Nard is an Arabized foreign name.
الرند عند أهل البحرين شبه جوالق واسع الأسفل مخروط الأعلى يسف من خوص النخل ثم يخيط ويضرب تضريبا بشرط بضمتين، جمع شريط كقضبغ وقضيب، أي مفتولة من الليف حتى يتمتن، فيقوم قائما ويعرى بعرا وثيقة ينقل فيه الرطب أيام الخراف
Al-Rind among the people of Bahrain is like a basket, wide at the bottom and conical at the top, woven from palm leaves, then sewn and reinforced with cords, plural of sharit, meaning twisted from fiber until it is strong, standing upright and tightly bound, in which dates are transported during the harvest season.
ويقال له: القرنة أيضا
It is also called Al-Qarnah.
النرد: طلاء مركب يتداوى به
Al-Nard: a compound ointment used for treatment.
عباس النردي، نسب إلى النرد، كأنه للعبه به
Abbas al-Nardi, attributed to Al-Nard, as if he played it.
نشده نشدا
He sought it, searching.
إذا طلبها وعرفها
When he sought it and recognized it.
نشدت الضالة: طلبتها، وعرفتها، ضد
I sought the lost item: I looked for it, and recognized it, the opposite.
نشده نشدا ونشدة ونشدانا، بسكرهما
He sought it, searching, and a seeking, and a seeking, with their vowels.
ينقل فيه الرطب أيام الخراف
Dates are transported in it during the harvest season.