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حزر

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root حزر primarily relates to estimation, conjecture, and guessing. It extends to concepts of choosing the best or finest of something, and also encompasses terms for specific places, types of food and drink, and physical characteristics of people and animals.

Derived headwords

حَزَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to estimateboth

    To estimate or guess something based on conjecture or approximation.

  2. 2.
    to guessboth

    To make a guess or conjecture about the value or quantity of something.

الحَزْرnoun
  1. 1.
    estimationboth

    The act of estimating or conjecturing.

  2. 2.
    conjectureboth

    An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.

الجَازِرnoun
  1. 1.
    estimatorclassical

    One who estimates or conjectures.

  2. 2.
    butcherclassical

    A person who slaughters animals for food, also a guesser.

المَحْزَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    estimationclassical

    The act of estimating or guessing.

الحَزْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    best of somethingboth

    The finest or best part of one's possessions or self.

  2. 2.
    sour berryboth

    A sour berry, specifically the nabq (lotus fruit).

  3. 3.
    bitternessboth

    The bitter quality of something.

  4. 4.
    valleyclassical

    A valley.

الحَزِيرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    best of somethingboth

    The finest or best part of one's possessions or self.

  2. 2.
    small sour berryboth

    A small sour berry, like the nabq.

الحَازِرadjective
  1. 1.
    sour (milk/wine)both

    Sour, referring to milk or wine that has fermented.

  2. 2.
    stern (face)both

    Stern or frowning, referring to a facial expression.

  3. 3.
    barley flourclassical

    Fine barley flour with an unpleasant smell.

حَزَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to ferment (milk/wine)both

    To become sour or fermented, applied to milk or wine.

حَزُورnoun
  1. 1.
    strong young manboth

    A strong, robust young man who has grown up.

  2. 2.
    weak manclassical

    A weak or feeble man, often elderly.

  3. 3.
    small hillboth

    A small mound or hillock.

الحَزْوَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    strong young womanclassical

    A strong, robust young woman.

  2. 2.
    small hillboth

    A small mound or hillock.

  3. 3.
    place nameclassical

    A specific location, possibly a market or area in Mecca.

الحَزْوَارَةnoun
  1. 1.
    small hillboth

    A small mound or hillock.

حَزِيرَانname
  1. 1.
    Junemodern

    The name of the month of June in the Roman calendar.

المَحْزُورadjective
  1. 1.
    angryclassical

    Angry or displeased, with a frowning or stern face.

الحِزْرَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    sour blowclassical

    A sour or unpleasant blow or strike.

حَزَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to guessboth

    To estimate or guess the time of someone's arrival or the amount of something read.

احْزَرverb
  1. 1.
    to estimateboth

    To estimate or gauge one's own capabilities.

Parallel reading

الحزر: التقدير والخرص
Al-Hazar: estimation and conjecture.
حزره (يحزر) ه، من حد نصر، (ويحزر) ه، من حد ضرب، حزرا: قدره بالحدس.
He estimated it (he estimates it), from the verb form 'nasara', and he estimated it (he estimates it), from the verb form 'daraba', with a guessing: he estimated it by conjecture.
والحزرة: شرة حامضة.
And Al-Hizrah: a sour thing.
والحزرة (من المال: خياره)
And Al-Hizrah (from wealth: its best part).
ويقال هاذا حزرة نفسي، أي خير ما عندي
And it is said, 'This is the best of my soul,' meaning the best of what I have.
أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بعث مصدقا فقال له: لا تأخذ من حزرات أنفس الناس شيئا، خذ الشارف، والبكر
The Prophet, peace be upon him, sent a tax collector and said to him: 'Do not take anything from the best of people's possessions; take the old she-camel and the young she-camel.'
وإنما سمى خيار مال الرجل حزرة، لأن صاحبها لم يزل يحزرها في نفسه كلا رآها
The best of a man's wealth is called 'hizrah' because its owner has always been estimating it in his mind whenever he saw it.
الحزرات حزرات النفس أي مما تودها النفس.
The best possessions are the best of the soul, meaning what the soul desires.
وحزرة القلب خيار المال
And the best of the heart is the best of the wealth.
والحزرة: النبقة المرة
And Al-Hizrah: the bitter nabq (lotus fruit).
وبئر حزرة: من آبارهم
And Bi'r Hizrah: one of their wells.
والحارز: الحامض من اللبن. والنبيذ
And Al-Haazir: the sourness of milk. And wine.
يقال: وجه حازر، على التشبيه
It is said: a stern face, by way of simile.
والحازر من الوجوه: العابس الباسر
And Al-Haazir from faces: the frowning, the scowling.
والحزورة، كقسورة: الناقة المقتلة المذللة
And Al-Huzwarah, like Qaswarah: the trained and submissive she-camel.
والحزورة والحزور: الرابية الصغيرة، كالحزوارة، بالكسر
And Al-Huzwarah and Al-Huzur: the small mound, like Al-Huzwarah, with kasr.
والحزور، بلا هاء، كعملس: الغلام القوي الذي قد شب.
And Al-Huzur, without ha, like 'amlas: the strong boy who has grown up.
والحزور: الضعيف من الرجال، ضد.
And Al-Huzur: the weak man, the opposite.
وإن أحق الناس بالمنيه حزور ليست له ذريه
And the most deserving of people of death is a weakling who has no offspring.
والمحزور، كمنصور: المتغضب العابس الوجه
And Al-Mahzur, like Mansur: the angry, the frowning-faced.
والحزراء: الضربة الحامضة
And Al-Hizra': the sour blow.
عدا القارص فحزر
The sting of the insect came and it reached its limit.
في عوسج الوادي ورضم الحزور
In the acacia of the valley and the stones of the rough ground.
والجمع حزاور، وحزاورة. زادوا الهاء لتأنيث الجمع.
And the plural is hazawir, and hazawirah. They added the ha for feminine plural.
أنه سمع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وهو واقف بالحزورة من مكة
That he heard the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, while he was standing at Al-Huzwarah in Mecca.
وحزور: قرية بدمشق
And Huzur: a village in Damascus.
وحزور، كجعفر، وكيل القاسم بن عبيد الله على مطبخه
And Huzur, like Ja'far, was the overseer of Al-Qasim bin Ubaidullah's kitchen.
وحزرت قراءته عشرين آية: قدرتها.
I estimated his recitation at twenty verses: I gauged it.
واحزر نفسك هل تقدر عليه.
And gauge yourself whether you can do it.