سَمَنْدَلٌ
Root: سمندل
Full Definition
سَمَنْدَلٌ
[The phenix;] a certain bird that is in India; that enters into the fire without having its plumage burned: (Kr, M, K: * [mentioned in the M as a quadriliteral-radical word; the ن being regarded by ISd as augmentative:]) also called سَبَنْدَلٌ, with ب [in the place of م]: it is said that when it becomes extremely aged, and is without offspring, it casts itself into burning coals, and returns to its youthful state. [See also سَنْدَلٌ, in art. سدل.]
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