عجهر

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to harshness, rudeness, and coarseness in disposition and physique. It also includes a proper name derived from this concept.

Derived headwords

العجهرةnoun

1.
Harshness, rudenessclassical
Harshness and rudeness of character or disposition.
2.
Coarsenessclassical
Coarseness of body or physique.

عنجهورname

1.
Woman's nameclassical
A proper name for a woman, derived from the concept of harshness or rudeness.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري

Al-Jawhari omitted it.

وقال ابن دريد: العجهرة: (الجفاء وغلظ الخلق)

And Ibn Duraid said: Al-'Ajharah: (harshness and rudeness of character).

وفي التهذيب لابن القطاع وغلظ الجسم

And in Al-Tahdhib by Ibn Al-Qatta', and coarseness of the body.

ومننه (عنجهور)، بالنون، هاكذا في النسخ عندنا، وفي بعض بالتحتية، وهاكذا ضبطه الصاغاني، وهو الصواب: (اسم امرأة)

And from it is ('Anjahur), with a noon, as it is in our manuscripts, and in some with a ya', and this is how Al-Sagani vocalized it, and this is the correct reading: (a woman's name).