هكر

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense wonder or astonishment, often to the point of being overwhelmed. It also extends to meanings related to drowsiness, sleep, and specific geographical locations.

Derived headwords

هَكَرَverb

1.
to be astonishedboth
To experience intense wonder or amazement, similar to the verb 'عشق' (to love passionately).

هَكَرٌnoun

1.
astonishmentboth
Great wonder or astonishment.
2.
drowsinessboth
The onset of sleepiness or the intensity of sleep.

الهِكَرُnoun

1.
astonishmentboth
Great wonder or astonishment.
2.
drowsinessboth
The onset of sleepiness or the intensity of sleep.

مُتَعَجِّبadjective

1.
astonishedboth
One who is experiencing great wonder or amazement.

اِهْكَرverb

1.
be extremely astonishedclassical
To be extremely astonished or amazed, intensifying the meaning of 'اعجب'.

مِهْكَرnoun

1.
astonishing thingboth
Something that causes great wonder or amazement.

مِهْكَرَةnoun

1.
astonishing thingboth
Something that causes great wonder or amazement (feminine form).

هَكَرَverb

1.
to doze offboth
To feel drowsy, to be overcome by sleep, or to have one's joints relax due to sleepiness.

نَاعِسadjective

1.
drowsyboth
One who is drowsy or sleepy.

هَكَرٌnoun

1.
drowsy personboth
A drowsy person or one deeply asleep.

هَكَرٌname

1.
Hakar (place name)classical
A place name, possibly in Yemen, or a Roman monastery, or another location.

هَكْرَانname

1.
Hakran (place name)classical
A place name, possibly a mountain near Maran, or a place with little vegetation and a water source called Al-Day'ah.

الهِكَارِيَّةname

1.
Al-Hakkariyah (region/people)classical
A region and villages north of Mosul, inhabited by Kurds known as Al-Hakkariyah, after whom a famous saint is named.

تَهَكَّرَverb

1.
to be astonishedboth
To be astonished or amazed.
2.
to be bewilderedclassical
To be confused or bewildered.

هَكَرٌname

1.
Hakar (place name)classical
A place name, possibly the same as the previously mentioned Hakar.

هَكَرٌname

1.
Hakar (place name)classical
Another place name, located about forty miles from Medina.

هَكَرٌname

1.
Hakar (place name)classical
Yet another place name, mentioned in a book, possibly with a different vowelization.

Parallel reading

والهكر: العجب أو أشده، ويكسر ويحرك، والفعل كضرب وفرح، يقال: هكر يهكر هكرا، مثل عشق يعشق عشقا وعشقا.

And Al-Hakar: astonishment or its most intense form, and it can be pronounced with kasr or damma. The verb is like 'daraba' and 'fariha'. It is said: 'hakara yahkaru hakaran', like 'ashiqa yashqu 'ishqan wa 'ushqan.

والهكر: المتعجب، ويقال: اعجب لذلك واهكر، أي تعجب أشد العجب

And Al-Hakar: the astonished one. It is said: 'Be astonished by that and ahkir', meaning 'be extremely astonished'.

قال أبو كبير الهذلي: (أزهير ويحك للشباب المدبر ... والشيب يغشى الرأس غير المقصر) (فقد الشباب أبوك إلا ذكره ... فاعجب لذلك ريب دهر واهكر)

Abu Kabir Al-Hudhali said: (O Zuhayr, woe to you for the departing youth... and gray hair covering the head, not sparing it) (Your father has lost youth except for his memory... so be astonished by the vicissitudes of time and ahkir).

يقال: ما فيه مهكر ومهكرة أي معجب ومعجبة.

It is said: 'There is no mahkar and no mahkarah in him', meaning 'no one who is astonishing or something astonishing'.

والهكر، بالفتح ويحرك: اعتراء النعاس أو اشتداد النوم.

And Al-Hakar, with fatha or damma: the onset of drowsiness or the intensity of sleep.

وقد هكر، كفرح، هكرا: نعس أو سكر من النوم أو اشتد نومه أو اعتراه نعاس فاسترخت عظامه ومفاصله.

And he hakara, like 'fariha', hakaran: he dozed off, or was overcome by sleep, or his sleep intensified, or drowsiness overcame him and his bones and joints relaxed.

الهكر، ككتف وندس: الناعس أو السكر في نومه.

Al-Hakar, like 'katif' and 'undus': the drowsy one or one overcome by sleep.

هكر ككتف: د، باليمن لمالك بن سقار من مذحج، قاله ابن الأعرابي، وهو من أعمال ذمار، أو دير رومي، قاله الأزهري، أو موضع آخر، أو قصر، قاله الصاغاني، وبكل ما ذكر فسر بيت امرئ القيس: (كناعمتين من ظباء تبالة ... على جؤذرين أو كبعض دمى هكر)

Hakar, like 'katif': a place, in Yemen, belonging to Malik bin Saqqar of Madhhij, according to Ibn Al-A'rabi, and it is in the region of Dhamar, or a Roman monastery, according to Al-Azhari, or another place, or a palace, according to Al-Saghani. All these meanings are used to interpret the verse of Imru' al-Qais: (Like two soft ones from the gazelles of Tabalah... on young ostriches, or like some dolls of Hakar).

وفي اللسان: وقد يجوز أن يكون أراد دمى هكر، فنقل الحركة للوقف، كما حكاه سيبويه من قولهم: هذا بكر ومررت ببكر.

And in Al-Lisan: It is possible that he intended 'dolls of Hakar', and moved the vowel for the pause, as Sibawayh narrated from their saying: 'This is bakr' and 'I passed by bakr'.

في حديث عمر والعجوز: أقبلت من هكران وكوكب: ع أو جبل حذاء مران، قاله عرام وأنشد: أعيان هكران الخداريات

In the hadith of Umar and the old woman: 'She came from Hakran and Kawkab': a valley or a mountain near Maran, according to Arram, who recited: 'The eyes of Hakran Al-Khudarriyyat'.

وهكران: قليل النبات في أصله ماء يقال له الضيعة.

And Hakran: little vegetation at its base, with water called Al-Day'ah.

والهكارية، مشددة: ناحية وقرى فوق الموصل في جزيرة ابن عمر يسكنها أكراد يقال لهم الهكارية، وإليها ينسب الولي المشهور أبو المفاخر عدي بن صخر بن مسافر الأموي الهكاري.

And Al-Hakkariyah, with shaddah: a region and villages north of Mosul in the island of Ibn Umar, inhabited by Kurds called Al-Hakkariyah, to whom the famous saint Abu Al-Mafakhir Uday bin Sakhr bin Musafir Al-Umawi Al-Hakkari is attributed.

وتهكر الرجل، إذا تعجب، وأيضا: تحير، والأخير في اللسان والتكملة.

And a man tahakkara, if he is astonished, and also: bewildered. The latter is in Al-Lisan and Al-Takmilah.

هكر، بالفتح: موضع، وبه فسر قول امرئ القيس السابق.

Hakar, with fatha: a place, and by this the previous verse of Imru' al-Qais is interpreted.

وهكر، ككتف: موضع على نحو أربعين ميلا من المدينة، قاله الحازمي.

And Hakar, like 'katif': a place about forty miles from Medina, according to Al-Hazimi.

وهكر، بضم الكاف: موضع آخر جاء ذكره في كتاب، وقيل فيه بفتح الكاف.

And Hakar, with damma on the kaf: another place mentioned in a book, and it was said to have fatha on the kaf.