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خ ز ف

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns pottery and ceramics, specifically items made from baked clay. It also extends to describing a type of gait or movement and a skin condition.

Derived headwords

الخَزَفnoun
  1. 1.
    potteryboth

    Items made from clay and fired in a kiln, resulting in a hard, ceramic material.

  2. 2.
    earthenwareboth

    Specifically refers to pottery made from baked clay, as distinguished from other materials.

الخَزَّافnoun
  1. 1.
    potterboth

    A person who makes pottery or ceramic items.

الخَزَفِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    potterboth

    An adjective referring to someone associated with pottery, often used as a surname or nisba.

خَزَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to move with a swaggerclassical

    To walk or move with a swinging or swaggering motion of the hand, a gait described as characteristic of certain regions.

خَزْفnoun
  1. 1.
    swaggering gaitclassical

    The act of moving with a hand swinging or a swaggering gait, a term used in Yamanite dialect.

خَزَفnoun
  1. 1.
    thick scabclassical

    A thick or hardened scab, particularly referring to a skin condition.

Parallel reading

الجَرّ، قاله الليث، والذي يبيعه الخزاف، كما في الصحاح
The carrying, said Al-Layth, and that which the potter sells, as in Al-Sihah.
كل ما عمل من طين وشوي بالنار حتى يكون فخارا
Everything made from clay and baked by fire until it becomes pottery.
بني غدانة ما إن أنتم ذهب ... ولا صريف ولكن أنتم الخزف
O sons of Ghudana, you are not gold... nor silver, but you are pottery.
وإلى بيعه نسب أبو بكر محمد بن علي الراشدي السرخسي الخزفي الفقيه المفتي
And Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Ali Al-Rashidi Al-Sarkhasi Al-Khazafi, the jurist and mufti, was attributed to his trade.
وساباط الخزف: ع ببغداد
And Sabat Al-Khazaf: a place in Baghdad.
منه أبو الحسن محمد بن الفضل الناقد الخزفي
Among them is Abu Al-Hasan Muhammad bin Al-Fadl Al-Naqid Al-Khazafi.
وفاته: أبو شجاع محمد بن محمد بن عبد الصمد الخزفي
And among those who passed away: Abu Shuja' Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Abd Al-Samad Al-Khazafi.
حدث ببخارى عن أبي الحسن علي ابن محمد الخزفي
He narrated in Bukhara from Abu Al-Hasan Ali bin Muhammad Al-Khazafi.
محمد بن علي بن خزفة، محركة، محدث هكذا في النسخ، والصواب علي بن محمد بن علي بن خزفة الواسطي
Muhammad bin Ali bin Khuzfah, with vowels, a traditionist, thus in the manuscripts, and the correct reading is Ali bin Muhammad bin Ali bin Khuzfah Al-Wasiti.
وخزف في مشيه، يخزف: إذا خطر بيده، لغة يمانية
And he swaggered in his walk, he swaggered: if he swung his hand, a Yamanite dialect.
يقال: مر فلان يخزف، خزفا: إذا فعل ذلك
It is said: So-and-so passed by swaggering, with a swagger: if he did that.
الخزف، محركة: ما غلظ من الجرب، نقله ابن دريد
Al-Khazaf, with vowels: what is thick from scab, narrated by Ibn Duraid.
وقال: هي لغة لبعض أهل اليمن
And he said: It is a dialect for some people of Yemen.