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غ ن د ر

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of being fat, stout, or thick. It is primarily used to describe physical characteristics, particularly of animals or people, indicating a state of corpulence or bulkiness.

Derived headwords

غُلَامٌ غُنْدَرٌnoun
  1. 1.
    fat boyclassical

    A boy who is fat and stout. The word 'ghundar' is used as an adjective here.

غُنْدَرٌadjective
  1. 1.
    fat, stoutclassical

    Describing someone or something as fat, stout, or thick. This term is used to denote corpulence.

Parallel reading

غُلَامٌ غُنْدَرٌ، كَجُنْدَبٍ وَقُنْفُذٍ
A fat boy, like 'jundab' (locust) and 'qunfudh' (hedgehog).
أَهْمَلَهُ الجَوْهَرِيُّ
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وَذَكَرَهُ الصَّاغَانِيُّ فِي آخِرِ تَرْجَمَةِ غَدَرَ لِأَنَّ النُّونَ زَائِدَةٌ
And Al-Saghani mentioned it at the end of the entry for 'ghadara' because the 'nun' is extra.
وَقَالَ ابْنُ دُرَيْدٍ: سَمِينٌ غَلِيظٌ
And Ibn Duraid said: fat, thick.