عروض

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Arabic

Root
ع ر ض (ʕ r ḍ)
15 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

عَرُوض (ʕarūḍm (plural أَعَارِيض (ʔaʕārīḍ))

  1. path or road lying to the side or obliquely or on a declivity
  2. a line of discourse, intended sense
  3. a path of a camel or horse or goat going to the right and left when it is ridden or grazing, and the beast itself that moves such a way
  4. prosody, versification
  5. last foot of a hemistich
  6. tent-pole
  7. nourishment, food
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Classical Persian: عَرُوض (arūz)
  • Ottoman Turkish: عروض (aruz)
  • Swahili: arudhi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

عُرُوض (ʕurūḍpl

  1. plural of عَرْض (ʕarḍ)

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