خزر

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

The root خزر (kh-z-r) primarily relates to the eyes and vision, encompassing various ways of looking, eye conditions like squinting or smallness of eyes, and the act of narrowing the eyes to see better. It also extends to meanings of a specific group of people, a type of food, and a particular gait.

Derived headwords

الخَزَرُnoun

1.
squintingboth
The condition of having eyes that are squinted, narrow, or small, either naturally or due to a defect.
2.
narrowed gazeboth
A way of looking as if from the side of the eyes, or by opening and closing the eyes.
3.
strabismusboth
A condition where one eye is turned or deviated.
4.
a peopleclassical
A name for a group of people, described as infidels from the Turks, Persians, Tatars, or Kurds, descended from Khazar son of Japheth.
5.
brothclassical
A type of broth made from fat and flour, similar to kharira.

خَزِرَverb

1.
to squintboth
To have eyes that are squinted, narrow, or small.
2.
to look askanceboth
To look with a narrowed gaze, as if from the side.

أَخْزَرُadjective

1.
squint-eyedboth
Describing someone whose pupils turn towards their nose.
2.
narrow-eyedboth
Having eyes that are narrow or appear to look from the side.

الأَحْوَلُadjective

1.
cross-eyedboth
Describing someone whose eyes are turned upwards towards their eyebrows.
2.
squintingboth
Having eyes that are turned or deviated.

الخُزْرُnoun

1.
a glanceclassical
A look made with the corner of the eye, often done out of arrogance or contempt.

خَزَرَverb

1.
to glance askanceclassical
To look at someone with a narrowed gaze from the side of the eye, out of arrogance or contempt.

الخِنْزِيرُnoun

1.
pigboth
A well-known wild, impure animal, considered forbidden in the teachings of every prophet.

الخَنَازِيرُnoun

1.
pigsboth
The plural of khinzir, referring to pigs.
2.
soresclassical
Hard sores that develop in the neck, a known ailment.

الخَزِيرُnoun

1.
stewboth
A dish made from meat cut into small pieces, cooked with a lot of water and salt, then thickened with flour.

الخَزِيرَةُnoun

1.
stewboth
A dish made from meat cut into small pieces, cooked with a lot of water and salt, then thickened with flour.
2.
porridgeclassical
A thinner version of khazira, made from the liquid of bran, strained and cooked.

الخَزَرَةُnoun

1.
back painboth
A pain that affects the lower back, specifically at the lumbar vertebra.
2.
inversion of the pupilclassical
The turning of the pupil towards the corner of the eye, considered an extreme form of strabismus.

الخَيْزَرُnoun

1.
flexible woodclassical
A type of flexible, smooth-stemmed plant or wood.

الخَيْزُورَىnoun

1.
gaitclassical
A walk characterized by looseness, instability, and relaxation, as if the limbs are coming apart, or a limping or swaggering walk.

الخَيْزُرَانُnoun

1.
bambooboth
A type of Indian tree or plant with flexible, smooth stems, not native to Arabia.
2.
flexible caneboth
Any flexible, bending branch or reed.
3.
spearsclassical
Spears, due to their flexibility and suppleness.
4.
ship's rudderclassical
The rudder of a ship, especially one that is flexible.
5.
ship's steering oarclassical
The steering oar or tiller of a ship.

الخَيْزُورَانَةُnoun

1.
ship's rudderclassical
The rudder of a ship, especially one that is flexible.
2.
ship's steering oarclassical
The steering oar or tiller of a ship.

الخَازِرُadjective

1.
shrewdclassical
Describing a shrewd or cunning man.

خَزَرَverb

1.
to be cunningclassical
To act in a cunning or shrewd manner.
2.
to fleeclassical
To run away or escape.

الأَخْزَرِيُّadjective

1.
made of khazz silkclassical
Referring to turbans made from unravelled khazz silk, which is then re-spun.

الخُزَرِيُّadjective

1.
from Khazarboth
Relating to Khazar, a place or people.

خُزَارٌnoun

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name near Wajh.
2.
a riverclassical
A large river in the Batayih region between Wasit and Basra.

دَارَةُ خِنْزِرٍname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name mentioned in poetry.

دَارَةُ الخَنَازِيرِname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name, the dual form of khinzir.

دَارَةُ الخِنْزَرَيْنِname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name, the dual form of khinzara.

الخَزْنَبَزَرُadjective

1.
ill-temperedclassical
Describing a man of bad character or temper.

التَّخْزِيرُnoun

1.
narrowing the eyesboth
The act of narrowing the eyes, often to focus light or to appear cunning.

تَخَازَرَverb

1.
to look from the sideboth
To look with the corner of the eye, feigning ignorance or cunning.
2.
to narrow the eyesboth
To narrow one's eyelids to sharpen vision.

Parallel reading

كسر العين بصرها خلقة أو ضيقها أو صغرها

The narrowing of the eye's vision, either by nature, or due to its narrowness or smallness.

هو النظر الذي كأنه في أحد الشقين

It is a gaze that seems to be from one side.

هو أن يفتح عينيه ويغمضهما

It is to open one's eyes and then close them.

هو حول إحدى العينين

It is the strabismus of one of the eyes.

فهو أخزر بين الخزر

So he is squint-eyed among the squint-eyed.

الأخزر: الذي أقبلت حدقتاه إلى أنفه

Al-Akhzar: one whose pupils turn towards his nose.

والأحول: الذي ارتفعت حدقاه إلى حاجبيه

And Al-Ahwal: one whose pupils are raised towards his eyebrows.

ويقال: هو أن يكون الإنسان كأنه ينظر بمؤخرها

And it is said: it is for a person to appear as if looking with the back of their eye.

ودعيت في أولى الندي ولم ينظر إلي بأعين خزر

And I was called in the first gathering, and I was not looked at with squinting eyes.

كأني بهم خنس الأنوف (خزر العيون)

As if I see them with flat noses (and squinting eyes).

الحسا من الدسم والدقيق، كالخريرة

Broth made from fat and flour, like kharira.

الخزر، بسكون الزاي: النظر بلحظ العين

Al-Khazr, with a sukun on the zay: looking with the corner of the eye.

يفعله الرجل ذالك كبرا واستخفافا للمنظور إليه

A man does that out of arrogance and contempt for the one being looked at.

وقد خزره بخزره خزرا إذا نظر كذالك

And he looked at him with his khazr (narrowed gaze) if he looked like that.

لا تخزر القوم شزرا عن معارضة

Do not look at the people askance in opposition.

وهو من الوحش العادي، وهو حيوان خبيث

And it is a common wild animal, and it is a wicked creature.

وكل خنزير أخزر

And every pig is squint-eyed.

ومننه خنزر الرجل: نظر بمؤخر عينه

And from it, a man khanzara: he looked with the corner of his eye.

فجعله فنعل من الأخزر

And he made it a fa'lal pattern from Al-Akhzar.

فالسفح يجري فخنزير فبرقته

So the slope runs, then Khinzir, then its lightning.

والخنازير: قروح صلبة تحدث في الرقبة

And Al-Khanazir: hard sores that occur in the neck.

وهو اللحم الغاب يقطع صغارا في القدر، ثم يطبخ بالماء الكثير والملح

It is meat that is cut into small pieces in the pot, then cooked with a lot of water and salt.

فإذا أميت طبخا ذر عليه الدقيق فعصد به

And when it is thoroughly cooked, flour is sprinkled on it and it is thickened.

ولا تكون الخزيرة إلا بلحم

And Al-Khazira is only with meat.

وإذا كانت بلا لحم فهي عصيدة

And if it is without meat, it is porridge.

مرقة من بلالة النخالة، وهي أن تصفى البلالة ثم تطبخ

Broth from the liquid of bran, which is to strain the liquid then cook it.

وقرب لهم قصعة الخزير، ونظر إليهم نظر الخنزير

And a bowl of khazir was brought to them, and he looked at them with the look of a pig.

وجع يأخذ في مستدق الظهر بفقرة القطن

A pain that affects the lower back at the lumbar vertebra.

داو بها ظهرك من توجاعه من خزرات فيه وانقطاعه

Treat your back with it from its pain, from the khazarat in it and its breaking.

مشية بتفكك واضطراب واسترخاء، كأن أعضاءه ينفك بعضها من بعض

A gait with looseness, instability, and relaxation, as if its limbs are coming apart from each other.

والناشئات الماشيات الخوزرى

And the rising, walking ones with the khuzara gait.

شجر هندي

An Indian tree.

لا ينبت ببلاد العرب، وإنما ينبت ببلاد الروم

It does not grow in the lands of the Arabs, but rather grows in the lands of the Romans.

بلادهم بلاد الخيزران

Their lands are the lands of bamboo.

عروق ممتدة في الأرض

Roots extending in the ground.

نبات لين القضبان أملس العيدان

A plant with soft branches and smooth stems.

منطويا كالطبق الخيزور

Folded like the khayzur plate.

أنا كالخيزور صعب كسره وهو لدن كيفما شئت انفتل

I am like the khayzur, difficult to break, and it is pliable, twisting however you wish.

القصب

Reed.

كأن المطافيل المواليه وسطه يجاوبهن الخيزران المثقب

As if the young camels in its midst answer them with perforated reeds.

كأن اهتزام الرعد خالط جوفه إذا حن فيه الخيزران المثجر

As if the rumbling of thunder mixed with its core when the perforated reed moaned within it.

وكل عود لدن خيزران

And every flexible stick is khayzuran.

كل لين من كل خشبة خيزران

Everything soft from any wood is khayzuran.

كل غصن لين يتثنى خيزران

Every flexible branch that bends is khayzuran.

في كفه خيزران ريحه عبق من كف أروع في عرنين شمم

In his hand is a fragrant khayzuran from the hand of a noble man with a proud nose.

الرماح لتثنيها ولينها

Spears, due to their bending and softness.

تخطر أيديها بخيزرانها

Their hands swing with their spears.

مردي السفينة إذا كان يتثنى

The ship's rudder when it is flexible.

سكانها وهو كوثلها

Its steering oar, and it is its tiller.

يظل من خوفه الملاح معتصما بالخيزرانة بعد الأين والنجد

The sailor remains clinging to the rudder out of fear, after exhaustion and travel.

والخيزرانة في يد الملاح

And the rudder in the sailor's hand.

لجام السفينة التي بها يقوم السكان، وهو في الذنب

The ship's bridle by which the steering oar operates, and it is at the stern.

فصعد على خيزران السفينة أي سكانها

So he climbed onto the ship's khayzuran, meaning its steering oar.

بنتها خيزران جارية الخليفة العباسي

Her daughter Khayzuran, a slave girl of the Abbasid Caliph.

الرجل الداهية

The shrewd man.

نهر بين الموصل وإربل

A river between Mosul and Erbil.

إذا تداهى

If he acts cunningly.

إذا هرب

If he flees.

عمائم من نكث الخز

Turbans made from unravelled khazz silk.

نقض أخلاق الأكسية لتغزل ثانيا

Unraveling the threads of garments to spin them again.

لقب يوسف بن المبارك الرازي المقري

The title of Yusuf bin Al-Mubarak Al-Razi Al-Muqri.

القاسم بن عبد الرحمان بن خزر الفارقي المقرى

Al-Qasim bin Abdurrahman bin Khazar Al-Farqi Al-Muqri.

محمد ابن عمر بن خزر الصوفي الخزري العالم

Muhammad bin Omar bin Khazar Al-Sufi Al-Khazari Al-Alim.

ع قرب وخش

A place near Wajh.

منه أبو هارون موسى بن جعفر بن نوح الخزاري

From him is Abu Harun Musa bin Ja'far bin Nuh Al-Khazari.

وأبو عجيف هشيم بن شاهد بن بريدة الخزاري، محدثان

And Abu 'Ujayf Hushaym bin Shahid bin Buraydah Al-Khazari, both hadith narrators.

مواضع

Places.

ألم خيال من أميمة موهنا طرقا وأصحابي بدارة خنزر

Did a vision of Ummaymah pass by us last night, and my companions were at Darat Khinzir.

إن الرزية لا أبالاك هالك بين الدماخ وبين دارة خنزر

Indeed, the calamity, may it not befall you, is destruction between the brain and Darat Khinzir.

أنعت عيرا من حمير خنزره في كل عير مائتان كمره

I describe a wild ass from Himyar, its khinzara, in every ass are two hundred of its young.

أنعت أعيارا رعيحن الخنزرا أنعتهن آيرا وكمرا

I describe wild asses grazing on khinzara, I describe them as wild asses and young ones.

السيىء الخلق من الرجال

The ill-tempered man.

التضييق

The narrowing.

الشيخ يخزر عينيه ليجمع الضوء حتى كأنهما خيطتا

The old man narrows his eyes to gather light until they look like two threads.

والشاب إذا خزر عينيه فإنه يتداهى بذالك

And the young man, if he narrows his eyes, he is acting cunningly with that.

تخازر: نظر بمؤخر عينه

Takhazar: to look with the corner of the eye.

إذا تخازرت وما بي من خزر فقوله: وما بي من خزر، يدلك على أن التخازر هنا إظهار الخزر واستعماله

If you look askance and I have no squint, then his saying: 'and I have no squint,' indicates to you that 'takhazur' here means displaying and using the squint.

ضيق جفنه ليحدد النظر

He narrowed his eyelid to sharpen his vision.

كقولك: تعامى وتجاهل

Like your saying: he feigned blindness and ignorance.

الخزرة، بالضم: انقلاب الحدقة نحو اللحاظ، وهو أقبح الحول

Al-Khazrah, with damma: the turning of the pupil towards the corner of the eye, which is the worst form of strabismus.

وعدو أخزر العين: ينظر عن معارضة كالأخزر العين

And an enemy with squinting eyes: looks askance like one with squinting eyes.

خزارى: اسم موضع

Khuzara: a place name.

ونحن غداة أوقد في خزارى رفدنا فوق رفد الرافدينا

And we, on the morning of the fire in Khuzara, supported the support of the supporters.

الخزيرة، مصغرا: ماءة بين حمص والفرات

Al-Khazirah, in diminutive form: a water source between Homs and the Euphrates.

أبو البدر صاعد بن عبد الرحمان ابن مسلم الخيزراني، قاضي مازندران

Abu Al-Badr Sa'id bin Abdurrahman bin Muslim Al-Khayzurani, the judge of Mazandaran.

الخيزرانة: مقبرة ببغداد

Al-Khayzurana: a cemetery in Baghdad.

ودآحبند خزران، بالفتح: موضع من الثغور عند السد لذي القرنين

And Dahband Khazran, with fatha: a place in the frontier near the dam of Dhul-Qarnayn.

إليه نسب عبد الله بن عيسى الخزري

Abdullah bin Isa Al-Khazri is attributed to it.

وأحمد بن موسى البغدادي، عرف بابن خزري

And Ahmad bin Musa Al-Baghdadi, known as Ibn Khazri.

وأبو القاسم عياش بن الحسن بن عياش البغداديج يعرف بالخزري

And Abu Al-Qasim 'Ayyash bin Al-Hasan bin 'Ayyash Al-Baghdadi, known as Al-Khazri.

وأبو أحمد عبد الوهاب بن الحسن بن علي الحربي، عرف بابن الخزري: محدثون

And Abu Ahmad Abd Al-Wahhab bin Al-Hasan bin Ali Al-Harbi, known as Ibn Al-Khazri: hadith narrators.