هزل

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Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ه ز ل (h z l)
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Pronunciation

Verb

هَزَلَ (hazala) I (non-past يَهْزُلُ (yahzulu), verbal noun هَزْل (hazl))

  1. (intransitive) to joke, to jest
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Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Noun

هَزْل (hazlm

  1. verbal noun of هَزَلَ (hazala, to joke) (form I)
  2. jokefulness, jocularity
    Synonym: جَدّ (jadd)
    • 12th century, Al-Ghazali, بداية الهداية :
      [..] فَٱحْفَظْ مِنْهُ لِسَانَكَ فِي الْجِدِّ وَٱلْهَزْلِ ، وَلَا تُعَوِّدْ نَفْسَكَ الْكَذِبَ هَزْلًا [..]
      [..] faḥfaẓ minhu lisānaka fī l-jiddi wal-hazli , walā tuʕawwid nafsaka l-kaḏiba hazlan [..]
      then keep your tongue from it (lying) in seriousness or jokefulness, and do not accustom yourself to lying jokingly
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