Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

Includes Hans Wehr and al-Mufradat — All in One Search

ظُؤُورَةٌ

Root: ظأر

Full Definition

ظُؤُورَةٌ Inclination to, or affection for, the young one of another: it may be an Verbal.Noun, as well as a pl. [of ظِئْرٌ].
2 Also [The relation in which one stands by being a ظِئْر, or nurse:] like عُمُومَةٌ and خُؤُولَةٌ &c.
3 See also ظِئْرٌ, latter half.
Lane's Lexicon + Hans Wehr + Mufradat

Three dictionaries. One search.

"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."

47,000+ classical entries Root-based navigation Full text search Hyperlinked definitions
Try Now

Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more