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زبتر

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe shortness, stoutness, and a haughty or imposing demeanor. It is also associated with cunning and arrogance.

Derived headwords

الزبنترnoun
  1. 1.
    Short, stout manclassical

    A man who is short and stoutly built.

  2. 2.
    Unimpressive personclassical

    A person who is short and of an unimpressive build.

زبنترadjective
  1. 1.
    Short and stoutclassical

    Describing someone who is short and stoutly built.

زبنترىadjective
  1. 1.
    Cunningclassical

    A cunning or crafty person.

يتزبترverb
  1. 1.
    To act arrogantlyclassical

    To walk or behave in a haughty or arrogant manner.

الزبنترةnoun
  1. 1.
    Haughtinessclassical

    The act of walking or behaving with arrogance and pride.

Parallel reading

وقال ابن السكيت: هو الرجل (القصير)
And Ibn al-Sikkit said: He is a (short) man.
وهم بنو العبد اللئيم العنصر ما غرهم بالأسد الغضنفر بني اسها والجندع الزبنتر
And they are the sons of the ignoble slave of base origin. What deceived them regarding the lion, the Ghudnafar, the sons of Usah, and the stout Zabanter?
وقيل: الزبنتر: القصير الملزز الخلق.
And it was said: Al-Zabanter: the short, stoutly built one.
(والرجل المنكر في قصر)
(And the unimpressive man in his shortness)
وقيل: الزبنتر: الداهية، كالزبنترى
And it was said: Al-Zabanter: the cunning one, like Al-Zabantari.
يقال: مر فلان يتزبتر علينا
It is said: So-and-so passed by acting arrogantly towards us.
أي مر متكبرا
Meaning, he passed by arrogantly.
والزبنترة: التبختر.
And Al-Zabanterah: haughtiness.