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ح ن د ل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to primarily describe shortness or stoutness in men, and also refers to a type of mixed grain bread.

Derived headwords

الحندلnoun
  1. 1.
    short manclassical

    A short man. This term was noted as being omitted by Al-Jauhari and Al-Sagani, but defined by Ibn Sidah.

الحندويلnoun
  1. 1.
    mixed grain breadmodern

    Bread baked from a mixture of grains such as wheat, barley, corn, lentils, and fava beans. The singular form is 'handawiyyah'. This is a dialectal term from Upper Egypt.

Parallel reading

الحندل: كجعفر أهمله الجوهري والصاغاني، وقال ابن سيده: هو القصير من الرجال.
Al-Handal: Like Ja'far, Al-Jauhari and Al-Sagani omitted it, and Ibn Sidah said: it is the short one among men.
ومما يستدرك عليه: الحندويل: ما يخبز من حبوب مجتمعة كالقمح والشعير والذرة والعدس والفول، الواحدة بهاء لغة صعيدية.
And among what is to be added to it: Al-Handawil: what is baked from collected grains such as wheat, barley, corn, lentils, and fava beans, the singular is 'handawiyyah', a dialectal term from Upper Egypt.