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خنتر

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to intense hunger. The derived terms describe severe or extreme hunger.

Derived headwords

الخِنْتَارnoun
  1. 1.
    Severe hungerclassical

    A term used to describe extreme and intense hunger.

الخِنْطُورnoun
  1. 1.
    Severe hungerclassical

    Another term denoting extreme and intense hunger.

خِنْتَارadjective
  1. 1.
    Severeclassical

    Used as an adjective to describe hunger as being severe or intense.

خِنْطُورadjective
  1. 1.
    Severeclassical

    Used as an adjective to describe hunger as being severe or intense.

Parallel reading

الخنتار، بالكسر، والخنتور، بالضم
Al-khintār, with kasra, and al-khuntūr, with damma.
أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawharī omitted it.
وقال الأموي: الخنتار
And Al-Ummavi said: Al-khintār.
وقال أبو عمر و: الخنتور هو (الجوع الشديد)
And Abu 'Amr said: Al-khuntūr is (severe hunger).
يقال: جوع خنتار، أي شديد
It is said: khintār hunger, meaning severe.
وكذالك خنتور
And likewise khuntūr.
ووقع في مسودة اللسان، خيتور: بالياء، وهو غلط
And in the draft of Al-Lisān, it occurred as khaytūr: with a ya', and this is an error.