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خشق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of dryness, hardness, and low quality. It is noted as potentially being a Persian loanword, with meanings related to being dry or inferior.

Derived headwords

الخوشقnoun
  1. 1.
    residueclassical

    What remains on a date cluster after the dates have been picked.

  2. 2.
    inferiorityclassical

    The inferior or worthless part of anything.

خشكother
  1. 1.
    dryclassical

    Meaning dry, likely a Persian loanword.

Parallel reading

الخوشق، كجوهر: ما يبقى في العذق بعد ما يلقط ما فيه
Al-khushq, like jawhar: what remains on a date cluster after its contents have been picked.
الخوشق من كل شيء: الردىء
Al-khushq of anything: the inferior part.
وأنا أظنه معربا عن خشك بالضم، فارسية، معناه اليابس
And I think it is an Arabized loanword from khashk (with damma), Persian, its meaning is dry.