شحاذ

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Arabic

Etymology

Occupational noun from the root ش ح ذ (š-ḥ-ḏ).

Pronunciation

Noun

شَحَّاذ (šaḥḥāḏm (plural شَحَّاذُون (šaḥḥāḏūn), feminine شَحَّاذَة (šaḥḥāḏa))

  1. beggar, sponger
    Synonyms: مُتَسَوِّل (mutasawwil), سَائِل (sāʔil)

Declension

Descendants

  • North Levantine Arabic: شحاد (šaḥḥād)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “شحاذ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 398
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “شحاذ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1512
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “شحاذ”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 635