Arabic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

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

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • North Levantine Arabic: شحاد (šaḥḥād)

References edit

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “شحاذ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 398
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “شحاذ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1512
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “شحاذ”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 635