ضلع

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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ض ل ع (ḍ-l-ʕ)?

Verb

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ضَلَعَ (ḍalaʕa) I (non-past يَضْلَعُ (yaḍlaʕu), verbal noun ضَلْع (ḍalʕ))

  1. to side [with مَعَ (maʕa) ‘with someone’]
  2. to cooperate, to make common cause [with مَعَ (maʕa) ‘with someone’]
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Verb

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ضَلُعَ (ḍaluʕa) I (non-past يَضْلُعُ (yaḍluʕu), verbal noun ضَلَاعَة (ḍalāʕa))

  1. to be strong, to be robust, to be sturdy
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Verb

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ضَلِعَ (ḍaliʕa) I (non-past يَضْلَعُ (yaḍlaʕu), verbal noun ضَلَع (ḍalaʕ))

  1. (intransitive) to curve, to be bent
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Verb

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ضَلَّعَ (ḍallaʕa) II (non-past يُضَلِّعُ (yuḍalliʕu), verbal noun تَضْلِيع (taḍlīʕ))

  1. (transitive) to bend, to (cause to) curve
  2. to stripe, to make have streaks
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Etymology 2

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Compare Hebrew צֵלׇע (tselá').

Noun

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ضَلْع (ḍalʕm

  1. verbal noun of ضَلَعَ (ḍalaʕa) (form I)
  2. affection, attachment
  3. sympathy
    ضَلْعُهُ مَعهُhe sympathizes with him
Declension
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Noun

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ضِلْع or ضِلَع (ḍilʕ or ḍilaʕm (plural ضُلُوع (ḍulūʕ) or أَضْلَاع (ʔaḍlāʕ) or أَضْلُع (ʔaḍluʕ))

  1. (anatomy) rib
  2. cutlet, chop
  3. side (of a triangle)
  4. post, banister (of a balustrade)
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Descendants

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Etymology 3

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Noun

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ضَلَع (ḍalaʕm

  1. verbal noun of ضَلِعَ (ḍaliʕa) (form I)
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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic ضِلْع (ḍilʕ).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? zil'
Dari reading? zil'
Iranian reading? zel'
Tajik reading? zilʾ

Noun

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ضلع (zel') (plural اضلاع (azlâ') or ضلع‌ها (zel'-hâ))

  1. side (bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape)

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian ضلع (zil', side, edge), from Arabic ضِلْع (ḍilʕ, side, edge, division). Compare Nepali जिल्ला (jillā) and Marathi जिल्हा (jilhā).

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Noun

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ضلع (zilām (Hindi spelling ज़िला)

  1. district