ghaḍanfar

lion, powerful

غَضَنْفَر

Word

Noun

Root

غ ض ف ر

From the same root

All words from غ ض ف ر →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries
  • غَضْفَرَ was, or became, heavy, or sluggish
    He (a jade, or hackney, TA) was, or became, heavy, or sluggish. (K, TA.)
  • غَضْفَرٌ Open entry
    : see the next paragraph; the former, in two places.
  • غُضَافِرٌ Open entry
    : see the next paragraph; the former, in two places.
  • غَضَنْفَرٌ Big, thick, or rude, in body or person
    Big, thick, or rude, in body or person; (S, K;) as also ↓ غَضْفَرٌ, which is the original form; the ن in the former being augmentative: (Az, TA:) or simply, big, thick, or rude: applied to a man: (Lth, TA:) or rude, or coarse, [in disposition or in make,] and big, or thick: (TA:) as also ↓ غَنَضْفَرٌ and ↓ غَضْفَرٌ; (K;) applied to a man: (TA:) or big, or thick, (AA, TA.) in make, (TA,) and wrinkled; (AA, TA;) applied to a lion. (TA.) You say also أُذُنٌ غَضَنْفَرَةٌ, meaning, A big, or thick, fleshy, ear. (AO, L.) ― -b2- [Hence,] الغَضَنْفَرُ The lion; (Lth, S, K;) as also ↓ الغُضَافِرُ. (TS, K.)
  • غَضَنْفَرٌ Open entry
    : see the next preceding paragraph.

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