ع ن ق ر

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of an origin, base, or core, particularly of plants and sometimes people. It also extends to specific meanings related to young, tender growth and, in a more specialized sense, to a swift or fertile she-camel and female birds of prey.

Derived headwords

العنقرnoun

1.
origin, baseboth
The fundamental origin or base of something, especially plants like reeds or rushes.
2.
tender shootclassical
The first tender, white growth of a plant that has not yet emerged from the ground or developed green leaves.
3.
heart of a palm treeclassical
Specifically refers to the white core of a palm tree.
4.
lineage, ancestryclassical
The origin or lineage of a person, akin to their ancestry or roots.
5.
young noblesclassical
A term used to describe the children of high officials, likened to the 'anqar' due to their tenderness and purity.

عنقرnoun

1.
origin, baseboth
The fundamental origin or base of something, especially plants like reeds or rushes.
2.
tender shootclassical
The first tender, white growth of a plant that has not yet emerged from the ground or developed green leaves.
3.
heart of a palm treeclassical
Specifically refers to the white core of a palm tree.
4.
lineage, ancestryclassical
The origin or lineage of a person, akin to their ancestry or roots.
5.
young noblesclassical
A term used to describe the children of high officials, likened to the 'anqar' due to their tenderness and purity.

العنقر (بالضم)noun

1.
fertile she-camelclassical
A fertile and productive she-camel, known for her offspring.

العنقرةnoun

1.
fertile she-camelclassical
A fertile and productive she-camel, known for her offspring. The text notes the correct form is 'anqarah with ha'.
2.
female goshawkclassical
The female of the goshawk, a bird of prey.
3.
womanclassical
A proper name for a woman.

أبو العنقرname

1.
nickname of a manclassical
A kunya (nickname) for a man whose testimony was rejected.

Parallel reading

العنقر، بفتح القاف وضمها أي مع ضم العين، لغتان

Al-'anqar, with the qaf open (fatha) and with it closed (damma), meaning with the 'ayn also having damma, are two linguistic variants.

وقد وجد في بعض حواشي الصحاح ملحقا

And it was found appended in some marginal notes of Al-Sihah.

وعنقر الرجل: عنصره

And the 'anqar of a man is his lineage/ancestry.

أصل القصب، أو هو أول ما ينبت منه، أي من أصله ونحوه وهو غض رخص قبل أن يظهر من الأرض

The base of reeds, or it is the first thing that grows from its origin and the like, being tender and soft before it appears from the ground.

الواحدة عنقرة

The singular unit is 'anqarah.

وقال أبو حنيفة: العنقر: أصل البقل والقصب والبردى ما لم يتلون بلون ولم ينقشر أو ما دام أبيض مجتمعا

And Abu Hanifa said: Al-'anqar is the base of herbs, reeds, and rushes, as long as it has not taken on color, has not peeled, or as long as it remains white and gathered.

والعنقر أيضا: قلب النخلة لبياضه

And al-'anqar is also: the heart of a palm tree, due to its whiteness.

وقيل: العنقر: أصل كل قضة أو بردى أو عسلوجة يخرج أبيض ثم يستدير ثم يتقشر، فيخرج له ورق أخضر

And it was said: Al-'anqar is the base of every reed or rush or willow shoot that emerges white, then rounds, then peels, and then green leaves emerge from it.

فإذا خرج قبل أن تنتشر خضرته فهو عنقر

And when it emerges before its greenness spreads, it is called 'anqar.

سألت عامريا عن أصل عشبة رأيتها معه فقلت: ما هذا فقال: عنقر

I asked an 'Amiri about the base of a herb I saw with him and said: What is this? He replied: 'anqar.

وسمعت غيره يقول: عنقر، بفتح القاف

And I heard another say: 'anqar, with the qaf open (fatha).

والعنقر: أصل الرجل وعنصره، قاله الجوهري

And al-'anqar is the origin and lineage of a man, said Al-Jawhari.

وأولاد الدهاقين يقال لهم: عنقر، شبههم لترارتهم وبياضهم ونعمتهم بالعنقر

And the children of high officials are called 'anqar, likening them to the 'anqar due to their tenderness, whiteness, and delicacy.

وبالضم، أي ضم القاف، العنقر: ناقة منجبة، م معروفة

And with the damma, meaning the damma of the qaf, al-'anqar is: a fertile she-camel, a known one.

والصواب أن الناقة عنقرة، بالهاء

And the correct form is that the she-camel is 'anqarah, with the ha'.

ومن جديل نقبة مشهره ... وفيه من شاغرها والعنقره

And from a strong, well-bred she-camel... and in it is from its swiftness and its fertile she-camel.

والعنقرة، بهاء مع ضم القاف أنثى البواشق

And al-'anqarah, with the ha' and the damma of the qaf, is the female goshawk.

عنقرة: امرأة

'Anqarah: a woman.

وأبو العنقر: كنية رجل ردت شهادته عند إياس

Abu al-'Anqar: the kunya of a man whose testimony was rejected before Iyas.