طرمذ

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes someone who is boastful, pretentious, and makes empty promises. It refers to individuals who talk big but lack substance or action, often characterized by arrogance and a tendency to exaggerate their achievements.

Derived headwords

طَرْمَذَةnoun

1.
Boastfulnessclassical
The quality of being boastful, pretentious, and full of empty talk; a lack of substance behind one's words.
2.
Lack of thoroughnessclassical
A state of not being thorough or precise in matters; superficiality.

مُطَرْمِذadjective

1.
Boastful talkerclassical
One who speaks much but does not act; a person whose words are not matched by deeds.
2.
Pretentiousclassical
Someone who claims to have qualities or achievements they do not possess.

طَرْمَذَverb

1.
To be boastfulclassical
To act in a boastful, pretentious manner, making claims without substantiation.

طُرْمَاذadjective

1.
Boastfulclassical
Arrogant, boastful, and proud, especially about things one has not done.
2.
Pretentiousclassical
One who is puffed up with pride or claims to have more than they possess.

طَرْمَذَانnoun

1.
Boastful personclassical
A person who boasts about things they have not done or achieved; a pretender.
2.
Arrogant talkerclassical
Someone characterized by arrogance and boastfulness, often with empty words.

طَرْمَذَ عَلَيْهِverb

1.
To boast about somethingclassical
To boast or brag about something, often falsely or pretentiously.

طَرْمَاذnoun

1.
Boastful personclassical
A boastful person, one who is arrogant and proud.

طَرْمَذَانnoun

1.
Boastful personclassical
A boastful person, one who is arrogant and proud.

طَرْمَاذadjective

1.
Arrogantclassical
Arrogant and boastful, particularly in speech.

طَرْمَذَانadjective

1.
Arrogantclassical
Arrogant and boastful, particularly in speech.

طَرْمَاذnoun

1.
Horseclassical
A noble, magnificent horse.

Parallel reading

رجل طرمذة، بالكسر، ومطرمذ إذا كان يقول ولا يفعل

A man is described as 'tarmadha' (with kasra) and 'mutarmidh' if he says and does not do.

وهو الذي يسمى الطرمذان

And he is called the 'tarmadhan'.

وهو المتكثر بما لم يفعل

And he is one who boasts of what he has not done.

الطرمذة ليس من كلام أهل البادية

Al-tarmadhah is not from the speech of the desert dwellers.

والمطرمذ: الذي له كلام وليس له فعل

And al-mutarmidh is one who has speech but no action.

أو رجل فيه طرمذة، إذا كان لا يحقق في الأمور

Or a man has 'tarmadhah' in him, if he is not precise in matters.

وقد طرمذ عليه فهو طرماذ وطرمذان، بكسرهما: صلف مفاخر نفاج

And he has boasted about it, so he is 'tarmath' and 'tarmadhan' (with kasra), meaning arrogant, boastful, and puffed up.

المفايلة. المفاخرة، وهي الطرمذة بعينها

Al-mufayalah. Al-mufakharah, which is 'al-tarmadhah' itself.

يقال: رجل نفاج وفياش وطرماذ وفيوش وطرمذان، بالنون، إذا افتخرع بالباطل وتمدح بما ليس فيه

It is said: a man is 'nafaj', 'fayash', 'tarmath', 'fayush', and 'tarmadhan' (with noon) if he boasts falsely and praises himself for what he does not possess.

رجل طرماذ: مبهلق صلف

A 'tarmath' man: boastful and arrogant.

وقيل: الطرمذان والطرماذ هو المتندح، أي المتشبع بما ليس عنده

And it is said: 'al-tarmadhan' and 'al-tarmath' is the one who is puffed up, meaning satisfied with what he does not have.

في فلان طرمذة وبهلقة ولهوقة

So-and-so has 'tarmadhah', 'bahlaqah', and 'lahuqah'.

سألت ابن الأعرابي عن الطرمذان فقال لا أعرفه وأعرف الطرماذ

I asked Ibn al-A'rabi about 'al-tarmadhan' and he said: I do not know it, but I know 'al-tarmath'.

سلام طرماذ على طرماذ

A 'tarmath' greeting upon a 'tarmath'.

ليس للعسكر إلا من له وجه وقاح ولسان طرمذان وغدو ورواح

The army has only those who have a brazen face, a 'tarmadhan' tongue, and go and come.

الطرماذ: الفرس الكريم الرائع

Al-tarmath: the noble, magnificent horse.