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ج ل خ ظ

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to rough, uneven, or elevated terrain. It also seems to encompass terms for specific types of land formations or features.

Derived headwords

الجَلْخَاظnoun
  1. 1.
    Elevated landclassical

    A term referring to a piece of land that is elevated or raised.

جَلَظَverb
  1. 1.
    To be rough/unevenclassical

    This verb form likely describes the quality of being rough or uneven, possibly in reference to land.

جَلْظَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Rough/uneven landclassical

    An adjective describing a tract of land as being rough, uneven, or perhaps elevated.

جَلَذَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Elevated landclassical

    A term for a piece of elevated land, similar to 'جلخاظ'.

جَلْخَظnoun
  1. 1.
    Elevated landclassical

    Another term for an elevated or raised portion of land.

الجَلْخَظَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Rough/uneven landclassical

    An adjective describing land as rough or uneven, with a note suggesting the unvoiced 'h' (خ) might be a mistake for the voiced 'ẓ' (ظ).

Parallel reading

كالجلخاظ، بالكسر، وبالخاء المعجمة، وقد أهمله الجوهري، وهو في نوادر الأعراب.
Like al-jalkhāẓ, with a kasra, and with the voiced 'kh' (خ), which Al-Jawhari omitted, and it is found in the rare sayings of the Bedouins.
هكذا، ونصه: جلظاء من الأرض، وجلخاظ، وجلذاء وجلذان كالجلخظ، كزبرج.
Thus, and its text is: jalẓā' of land, and jalkhāẓ, and jaladhā' and jaladhān like al-jalkhaẓ, like 'zubruj'.
والجلخظاء أو الصواب بالمهملة، كما قاله الأزهري.
And al-jalkhaẓā' or the correct form is with the unvoiced 'ẓ' (ظ), as Al-Azhari said.