See also: جدر, جذر, and خ د ر

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Etymology 1 edit

Root
خ د ر (ḵ-d-r)

Verb edit

خَدِرَ (ḵadira) I, non-past يَخْدَرُ‎ (yaḵdaru) (intransitive)

  1. to be or become numb or insensible; to dull
    1. (of a body part) to tingle out of numbness
  2. (by extension) to drop off in vigor, firmness, stiffness, strength, or the like; to be or become limp or flaccid; to sag; to flag
    Synonym: فَتَرَ (fatara)
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Etymology 2 edit

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خَدَرَ (ḵadara) I, non-past يَخْدُرُ‎ (yaḵduru)

  1. (transitive, dated) to screen physically with another object (such as a curtain or a drape)
    Synonym: سَتَرَ (satara)
  2. (transitive, dated) to screen (a girl or a young woman) from drudgeries and chores such as housekeeping and other household tasks by placing her in a separate and secluded space (such as a bedchamber or a bower) in some place of residency
    Hypernym: حَبَسَ (ḥabasa)
    1. (of a father) to confine (a daughter) to such a space until disposed of in marriage
    2. (of a husband) to restrict a (wife) to such a space
    3. (of a master) to keep a (female slave) in such a space so as to make her a concubine or a sex slave rather than a servant or to prepare for the arrangement of her marriage
  3. (intransitive, dated) to stay, to bide [+ بِ (in, at)]
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خَدَّرَ (ḵaddara) II, non-past يُخَدِّرُ‎ (yuḵaddiru) (transitive)

  1. to desensitize; to dull; to benumb; to torpefy
    1. to intoxicate; to narcotize
    2. to anesthetize
    3. (derogatory) to deaden intellectually
  2. (dated) to shut in (a girl or a young woman); to mew up; to immure; to coop up
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Etymology 4 edit

Adjective edit

خَدِر (ḵadir)

  1. numb; dull
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Etymology 5 edit

Compare Hebrew חֶדֶר (room, ventricle)

Noun edit

خِدْر (ḵidrm (plural خُدُور (ḵudūr) or أَخْدَار (ʔaḵdār) or أَخَادِير (ʔaḵādīr))

  1. (dated) a screen that covers or obscures (such as a curtain or a drape)
  2. (dated) the screen that obscures the room assigned to girl or a young woman
    1. the space where a girl or a young woman is thus confined
    2. the state of confinement in such a space
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Noun edit

خَدَر (ḵadarm

  1. verbal noun of خَدِرَ (ḵadira) (form I)
  2. numbness
  3. stupefaction
  4. indifference
  5. (collective, rare) clouds
    1. (by extension) the produce of clouds, rain
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Etymology 7 edit

Noun edit

خَدْر (ḵadrm

  1. verbal noun of خَدَرَ (ḵadara) (form I)
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