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حنصر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to describe a physical characteristic, specifically related to a person's build. It focuses on someone who is thin in bone structure but has a large abdomen.

Derived headwords

الحِنْصَارnoun
  1. 1.
    Thin-boned, large-bellied manclassical

    A man who is thin in bone structure but has a large abdomen.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان.
Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan omitted it.
وقال الصغاني: هو الدقيق العظم العظيم البطن من الرجال.
Al-Saghani said: He is the thin-boned, large-bellied man.