Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَزْبَرُ

Root: زبر

Full Definition

أَزْبَرُ and مَزْبَرَانِىٌّ (the latter written in [some of] the copies of the K, [not in all of them, for in the CK it is written as above,] مُزْبِرٌ, which is a mistake, TA) Large in the زُبْرَة [q. v.]: the former applied to a man, and the latter to a lion: or, accord. to ISd, Khálid Ibn-Kulthoom is in error in saying that the latter is an epithet applied to the lion; and that the correct word is مَرْزُبَانِىٌّ: the fem. of the former is زَبْرَآءُ.
2 Also the former, Annoying, or hurting.
3 قَدْ هَاجَتْ زَبْرَآءُ [Zebrà has become excited], or هَاجَتْ زَبْرَآؤُهُ His anger has become excited, is said of any man when this has been the case: [it is said that] Zebrà was a clamorous and foul-tongued slave-girl of ElAhnaf Ibn-Keys; and when she was angry, he used to say, قد هاجت زبرآء: and it became a proverb.


Lane's Lexicon — The most scholarly Arabic-English dictionary available

The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor. A work of such unique greatness that to this day it remains supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography.

✓ Full text search • ✓ Root-based navigation
✓ Advanced filters • ✓ Mobile access

Sign in · 7-Day Free Trial

Trusted by 1000+ researchers worldwide
Featured on Fons Vitae • Used by universities globally