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ز ن ف ل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a manner of walking, often with a sense of heaviness or speed. It also extends to names, titles, and even a type of dance.

Derived headwords

زَنْفَلَverb
  1. 1.
    walked heavilyclassical

    To walk as if burdened or weighed down.

  2. 2.
    walked quicklyboth

    To walk with great speed, to hasten.

  3. 3.
    dancedclassical

    To dance, specifically in the manner of the Nabataeans.

زَنْفَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy walkingclassical

    The act of walking as if burdened or weighed down.

  2. 2.
    speedy walkingboth

    The act of walking quickly or hastening.

  3. 3.
    Nabataean danceclassical

    A type of dance associated with the Nabataeans.

زُنْفُلname
  1. 1.
    a man's nameboth

    A proper name for a man.

الزَّنَافِلَةname
  1. 1.
    area in Egyptboth

    A locality or district in the suburbs of Egypt, named after Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Abshiyi.

أم زُنْفُلname
  1. 1.
    the cunning oneclassical

    A name or epithet referring to a cunning or shrewd woman.

Parallel reading

زنفل في مشيته
He walked heavily in his gait.
إذا تحرك كالمثقل بحمل
When he moves as if burdened by a load.
زنفل، زنفلة: أسرع
Zanfala, zanfalah: he hastened.
يقال: جاء يزنفل
It is said: he came hastening.
ومن الأسماء العرب: زنفل
And among the names of the Arabs is Zanfal.
وهو اسم رجل
And it is the name of a man.
ومنهم زنفل العرفي
And among them is Zanfal al-Urfī.
أم زنفل: الداهية
Umm Zanfal: the cunning one.
زنفل زنفلة: رقص رقص النبط
Zanfala zanfalah: he danced the dance of the Nabataeans.
وإليه نسبت الزنافلة في ضواحي مصر
And to him were attributed the Zanafalah in the suburbs of Egypt.