خيزران

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Arabic

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خَيْزُرَان
 خيزران on Arabic Wikipedia

Etymology

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Originally attested in Pre-Islamic poetry, like that of an-Nābighah (c.535–c.604), as being abundant in the land of the Byzantines. Although of uncertain identification, it was a kind of plant with pliable twigs or roots that were deemed desirable for spear-making, later being applied to bamboo. Compare Hebrew חָזַר (chazár, to return, to bounce back), Akkadian 𒄑𒋗𒌨 (ḫinzūru, apple tree, apricot tree), Ugaritic 𐎈𐎏𐎗 (ḥḏr, apple tree), Akkadian 𒆹 (ḫazru, flooded area, swamp, reed marsh); perhaps ultimately derived from Sumerian 𒄑 (gidru, scepter, cane).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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خَيْزُرَان (ḵayzurānm (collective, singulative خَيْزُرَانَة f (ḵayzurāna), plural خَيَازِر (ḵayāzir), paucal خَيْزُرَانَات (ḵayzurānāt))

  1. bamboo, rattan
  2. reed, cane
  3. spear, shaft
  4. any limber or pliable stick
  5. scepter, a pointer
  6. oar, a pole used to propel a boat
  7. rudder, till, tiller, helm of a ship
  8. (music) reed, pipes
  9. (figurative) a beautiful woman; comparably slender and supple

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: galzeran
  • Ottoman Turkish: هزارن

References

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The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary[4], University of Pennsylvania, 2006