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ج ر ق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses the meaning of a type of bird, specifically a large, flightless one, and also relates to concepts of leanness or lack of flesh.

Derived headwords

الجَوْرَقnoun
  1. 1.
    Ostrichclassical

    A large, flightless bird, specifically a male ostrich (dhaleem).

  2. 2.
    A type of shoeclassical

    A type of shoe, similar to a sock or stocking.

جَرّاقَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Leanclassical

    Describing a person who is lean or emaciated, lacking flesh.

جَلّاقَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Leanclassical

    Describing a person who is lean or emaciated, lacking flesh.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري وقال ابن الأعرابي هو الظليم
Al-Jawhari neglected it, and Ibn al-A'rabi said it is the male ostrich.
قال أبو العباس ومن قاله بالفاء فقد صحف
Abu al-Abbas said, and whoever says it with 'fa' has made a transcription error.
وأنشد بالقاف لكعب ابن زهير رضي الله عنه: (كأن رحلي وقد لانت عريكتها ... كسوته جورقا أقرابه خصفا)
And he recited with 'qaf' from Ka'b ibn Zuhayr, may Allah be pleased with him: 'As if my saddle, when its nature softened... I covered it with a jawraq, its straps made of palm leaves.'
ورجل جراقة ككناسة أي هزيل
And a lean man, like 'kinasa', meaning emaciated.
وكذلك جلاقة كذا في نوادر الأعراب
And likewise 'jallaqa', as stated in the rare words of the Arabs.
وقال في موضع آخر منه ما عليه جراقة لحم وجلاقة لحم أي شيء منه
And he said in another place concerning it: 'He has no jaraqat of flesh and no jallaqat of flesh', meaning nothing of it.
جورقان بالضم قرية بنواحي همذان
Jawruqan, with damma, is a village in the vicinity of Hamedan.