طخر

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of thinness, sparseness, and weakness, often applied to clouds, people, or physical attributes. It also extends to meanings of strangeness and a specific geographical location.

Derived headwords

الطَخْرُورnoun

1.
patch of cloudclassical
A small, sparse patch of clouds.
2.
strangerclassical
An unfamiliar or strange person.
3.
weak personclassical
A person who is neither strong nor robust; weak and not substantial.

الطَخَارِيرnoun

1.
scattered cloudsclassical
Scattered, sparse clouds.
2.
scattered peopleclassical
People who are dispersed or scattered.
3.
mixed crowdclassical
A group of people composed of different types, often implying a mixed or miscellaneous gathering.

طَخْرُورَةnoun

1.
patch of cloudclassical
A single small, sparse patch of clouds.

المُطَخْرِرadjective

1.
weakclassical
Describing someone weak or lacking substance.

الطَّاخِرnoun

1.
black cloudclassical
A dark or black cloud.

الطَّخْرnoun

1.
thin cloudclassical
A thin or sparse part of a cloud.
2.
small amount of cloudclassical
A slight trace or small amount of clouds in the sky.

طَخْرَةnoun

1.
small amount of cloudclassical
A slight trace or small amount of clouds in the sky.

طَخَارِيرnoun

1.
scattered cloudsclassical
Scattered, sparse clouds.
2.
scattered rainclassical
Scattered or sparse rainfall.

طَخَارِيرnoun

1.
mixed peopleclassical
A group of people composed of different types, often implying a mixed or miscellaneous gathering.

أَتَان طَخَارِيَّةadjective

1.
spirited, old female donkeyclassical
A female donkey that is spirited, strong, and aged.

طَخَارِسْتَانname

1.
Tukharistanclassical
A geographical region, likely a historical area in Central Asia.

طَخَارِيّadjective

1.
from Tukharistanclassical
Relating to or originating from the region of Tukharistan.

طَخْرُورnoun

1.
piece of ragclassical
A piece or scrap of cloth.

طَخْرِيرname

1.
male given nameclassical
A male given name from the Banu Nafatha tribe.

Parallel reading

هو إحالة على مجهول؛ لأنه لم يذكر الطحرور في مادته مع قرب العهد به، وذكرهما الجوهري وفسرهما باللطخ من السحاب القليل

It is a reference to the unknown; because he did not mention al-Taḥrūr in its material despite the recentness of the term, and al-Jawharī mentioned them and interpreted them as sparse patches of little clouds.

وأنشد الأصمعي: إنا إذا قلت طخارير القزع وصدر الشارب منها عن جرع نفحلها البيض القليلات الطبع

And al-Aṣmaʿī recited: 'Indeed, when the scattered clouds of the sky become few, and the drinker's chest is full from sips, we water them, the white ones of little nature.'

ويقال: الطخارير من السحاب: قطع مستدقة رقاق، واحدها طخرور وطخرورة.

And it is said: Al-Ṭakhārīr from the clouds are thin, tapering pieces; their singular is ṭakhrūr and ṭakhrūrah.

والطخرور: الغريب، نقله الصاغاني، والأشبه أن يكون من المجاز.

And al-Ṭakhrūr: the stranger, as narrated by al-Ṣāghānī, and it is more likely to be metaphorical.

والطخرور: الرجل لا يكون جلدا ولا كثيفا، كالتخرور.

And al-Ṭakhrūr: a man who is neither strong nor robust, like al-Takhrūr.

والمطخرر، على صيغة المفعول، كذا هو في النسخ، وفي التكملة وهو على صيغة اسم الفاعل، الضعيف.

And al-Muṭakharrar, in the passive participle form, as it is in the manuscripts, and in al-Takmilah it is in the active participle form: the weak one.

والطاخر: الغيم الأسود.

And al-Ṭākhir: the black cloud.

والطخر، بالفتح، ويحرك، وبالحاء أيضا: الرقيق منه، وقد تقدم، يقال: ما على السماء طخر وطخرة، أي شيء من الغيم.

And al-Ṭakhr, with fatha, and with damma, and also with ḥā: the thin part of it, as previously mentioned. It is said: There is no ṭakhr or ṭakhrarah in the sky, meaning any amount of cloud.

والناس طخارير، إذا تفرقوا.

And people are ṭakhārīr when they are dispersed.

وقولهم: جاءه طخارير، أي أشابة من الناس متفرقون.

And their saying: 'Ṭakhārīr came to him,' meaning a mixed group of scattered people.

وأتان طخارية، بالضم، أي فارهة عتيقة.

And a ṭakhāriyyah female donkey, with damma, meaning spirited and old.

وطخارستان بالضم: د، والنسبة إليه طخاري، كذا ذكره الرشاطي عن اليعقوبي، منها: الخطاب بن نافع الطخاري وغيره، ذكره الحافظ.

And Ṭukhāristān, with damma: a region. The nisbah to it is Ṭukhārī, as mentioned by al-Rashāṭī from al-Yaʿqūbī. Among them: al-Khaṭṭāb ibn Nāfiʿ al-Ṭukhārī and others, mentioned by al-Ḥāfiẓ.

وما عليه طخرور، بالضم، أي قطعة من خرقة، وقد روي بالحاء أيضا.

And he had no ṭakhrūr on him, with damma, meaning a piece of rag, and it has also been narrated with ḥā.

وطخرير، بالكسر: اسم رجل من بني نفاثة بن عدي بن الديل، له ذكر في ديوان هذيل.

And Ṭakhrīr, with kasra: the name of a man from the Banu Nafāthah ibn ʿAdī ibn al-Dayl, who is mentioned in the Diwan of Hudhayl.