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هوذ

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a type of bird, the sandgrouse, and its female. It is also used to denote a specific man's name, derived from the bird's name. Additionally, it refers to a type of leafless tree and the term for a Jew.

Derived headwords

الهوذةnoun
  1. 1.
    Sandgrouseboth

    The sandgrouse, a type of bird. Some scholars specifically reserved this term for the female.

هوذnoun
  1. 1.
    Sandgrouse (plural)both

    The plural form of الهوذة, referring to sandgrouse.

من الهوذ كدراء السراة ولونها خصيفق كلون الحيقطان المسيح — From the sandgrouse like the dark-colored bird of the mountain range, and its color is speckled like the color of the watered hyacinth.
هوذةnoun
  1. 1.
    Female sandgrouseboth

    Specifically the female sandgrouse, as is the practice of Al-Jawhari and others. It is also said to refer to a bird in general.

هوذةname
  1. 1.
    Name of a manboth

    The name of a man, Huwadhah bin Ali Al-Hanafi, the ruler of Yamamah. He was named after the sandgrouse.

من يلق هوذة يسجد غير متئب إذا تعمم فوق التاج أووضعا — Whoever meets Huwadhah prostrates without hesitation, whether he wears a turban over the crown or takes it off.
الهاذةnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of treeclassical

    A tree characterized by straight branches and no leaves. Its plural is الهاذ.

الهاذnoun
  1. 1.
    Branches of a leafless tree (plural)classical

    The plural of الهاذة, referring to the branches of a specific leafless tree.

اليهوذيnoun
  1. 1.
    Jewboth

    A variant pronunciation or spelling for 'Jew'. It is suggested that the initial 'ya' is an addition, with the root being 'hawdh', and the verb form 'hadu' meaning 'to become Jewish'.

هوذname
  1. 1.
    A tribal subdivisionclassical

    A branch of the tribe of 'Adhra, specifically Huwadh bin Amr bin Al-Ahabb bin Rabi'ah bin Hizam bin Dhannah.

Parallel reading

الهوذة: القطاة
Al-Huwadhah: The sandgrouse.
خص بعضهم بها الأنثى
Some scholars specifically reserved it for the female.
وبها سمي الرجل
And a man was named after it.
من الهوذ كدراء السراة ولونها خصيفق كلون الحيقطان المسيح
From the sandgrouse like the dark-colored bird of the mountain range, and its color is speckled like the color of the watered hyacinth.
وقيل: هوذة، معرفة
And it was said: Huwadhah, definite.
هي القطاة الأثنثى
It is the female sandgrouse.
وقيل: طائر غيرها
And it was said: a bird other than it.
هوذة ث: اسم رجل م
Huwadhah (th): the name of a man.
وهو هوذة بن علي الحنفي صاحب اليمامة
And he is Huwadhah bin Ali Al-Hanafi, the ruler of Yamamah.
سمي باسم القطاة
He was named after the sandgrouse.
من يلق هوذة يسجد غير متئب إذا تعمم فوق التاج أووضعا
Whoever meets Huwadhah prostrates without hesitation, whether he wears a turban over the crown or takes it off.
والهاذة: شجرة لها أغصان سبطة لا ورق لها
And Al-Hadha: a tree with straight branches and no leaves.
اليهوذي: اليهودي
Al-Yahudhi: The Jew.
لغة فيه
A dialectal variation for it.
قالوا في الفعل منه هادوا، أي صاروا يهودا
They said for the verb from it 'hadu', meaning 'they became Jews'.