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دخدر

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to precious or fine white/black cloth, and by extension, gold or gilding. It also encompasses the idea of preserving or holding something valuable, possibly linked to its Persian origin.

Derived headwords

الدِّخْدَارnoun
  1. 1.
    Fine clothclassical

    A fine white or black cloth, kept carefully preserved. It is considered an Arabicized Persian word, possibly meaning 'held by the throne' or 'kept on the throne'.

  2. 2.
    Goldclassical

    Gold, due to its preciousness and being kept in chests or valuable places.

دخدرverb
  1. 1.
    To gildclassical

    To gild something, specifically referring to gilding an earring with gold.

Parallel reading

الدخدار بالفتح: ثوب أبيض مصون، أو أسود
Ad-dikhdar, with a fatha, is a preserved white cloth, or black.
وهو معرب تخت دار
And it is an Arabicized form of 'takht dar'.
أي يمسكه التخت، أي ذو تخت
Meaning 'held by the throne', i.e., possessing a throne.
أصله تختار أي صين في التخت
Its origin is 'takht-i-yar', meaning 'preserved on the throne'.
قال الميت يصف سحابا: تجلو البوارق عنه صفح دخدار
Al-Mayt said, describing clouds: 'Lightning flashes reveal the surface of fine cloth from it.'
وقيل الدخدار: الذهب
And it is said that ad-dikhdar is gold.
دخدر القرط، إذا ذهبه
He gilded the earring, if he coated it with gold.
أي طلاه به
Meaning, he coated it with it (gold).