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قشل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a village in Yemen and its inhabitants. It also has a secondary, colloquial meaning associated with poverty, particularly in Egyptian Arabic.

Derived headwords

قَشَلnoun
  1. 1.
    villageclassical

    A village located in Yemen.

القَشْلِيّname
  1. 1.
    Al-Qashliclassical

    A nisba (attribution) referring to someone from the village of Qashl in Yemen.

قَشَلnoun
  1. 1.
    povertyclassical

    A colloquial term, particularly in Egyptian Arabic, used to refer to poverty.

قَشِلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be poorclassical

    To be in a state of poverty.

قَشَلَانadjective
  1. 1.
    poorclassical

    Describing someone who is poor.

ابن قُشَيْلَةname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Qushaylahclassical

    A kunya (patronymic) or descriptive name, referring to Yahya ibn Abi al-Ma'ali ibn Ali al-Khazin.

Parallel reading

قشل، بفتح فسكون شين معجمة: قرية باليمن
Qashl, with a fatha then sukun on the voiced sh, is a village in Yemen.
منها سرور القشلي: شاعر مجيد
Among them is Surur al-Qashli: a masterful poet.
والقشل، محركة: يكنى به عن الفقر
And al-Qashl, with vowelization, is a term used as a kunya for poverty.
مصرية عامية مبتذلة
An everyday, common Egyptian colloquialism.
وقد قشل كفرح
And he was poor, like the verb 'faraha' (to be happy).
وهو قشلان
And he is poor.
وابن قشيلة، كجهينة: يحيى بن أبي المعالي بن علي الخازن
And Ibn Qushaylah, like Juhaynah, refers to Yahya ibn Abi al-Ma'ali ibn Ali al-Khazin.
حدث عن ابن البطي
He narrated from Ibn al-Butti.
وكان رافضيا مات سنة
And he was a Rafidi (a sectarian label); he died in the year.