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ش ن دق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to be of foreign origin and is primarily used to denote a specific type of plant or tree. Its etymology and grammatical classification have been debated by lexicographers.

Derived headwords

شَنْدَقname
  1. 1.
    Foreign nameclassical

    An adopted foreign name, as mentioned in Al-Lisān. Ibn Duraid classified it as having an extra 'nūn' (consonant).

Parallel reading

شندق، كجعفر: اسم أعجمي معرب
Shundaq, like Ja'far: an Arabized foreign name.
كما في اللسان
As in Al-Lisān.
وضبطه ابن دريد كقنفذ
And Ibn Duraid vocalized it like Qunfudh.
وحكم بزيادة النون
And he ruled that the 'nūn' is extra.