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شمختر

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root entry discusses a word of Persian origin, primarily referring to a quince and also to a person of ill fortune or a low character. It is noted as being of foreign derivation and its meaning is debated among lexicographers.

Derived headwords

الشَّمَخْتَرnoun
  1. 1.
    quincemodern

    A type of fruit, the quince.

  2. 2.
    lowly personclassical

    A base or ignoble person.

  3. 3.
    unfortunate personclassical

    Someone who is unlucky or has a bad destiny.

شَمَخْتَرًاadverb
  1. 1.
    unluckilyclassical

    Indicating a state of misfortune or bad luck, derived from the Persian 'shum' (unlucky) and 'akter' (star/ascendant).

Parallel reading

والأزد أمسى بختهم شمخترا ضربا وطعنا نافذا عشنزرا
And the Azd tribe, their fortune became unlucky, striking and piercing deeply.
ومعناه اللئيم
And its meaning is the ignoble one.
وهو المنحوس، معرب شوم اختر، أي منحوس الطالع
And it is the unfortunate one, a Persian loanword from 'shum akhtar', meaning of an unlucky ascendant.
ذو الطالع النحس، أي لأن شوم هو النحس، واختر: هو النجم؛ ويعنون به الطالع.
He of the unlucky ascendant, meaning because 'shum' is misfortune, and 'akter' is the star; and they mean by it the ascendant.