See also: گرزن

Arabic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The axe from Aramaic גרזנא (*garzənā), and the headdress separately from Persian گرزن (garzan, crown). For the sound change /n/ → /m/ consider مِيجَم (mījam) and إِبْزِيم (ʔibzīm).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kar.zan/, /kir.zin/

Noun edit

كَرْزَن or كِرْزِن (karzan or kirzinm (plural كَرَازِن (karāzin))

  1. (obsolete) a one-sided axe
    • a. 728, Jarīr, poetized:
      وَأَوْرَثَكَ القَيْنٌ الْعَلَاةَ وَمِرْجَلًا … وَإِصْلَاحَ أَخْرَاتِ الْفُؤُوسِ الْكَرَازِمِ
      waʔawraṯaka l-qaynun al-ʕalāta wamirjalan … waʔiṣlāḥa ʔaḵrāti l-fuʔūsi l-karāzimi
      Your heiresses: the smith on the anvil and boiling pot … and the mending the nicks in the hafted axe-blades

Declension edit

Noun edit

كَرْزَن (karzanm (plural كَرَازِن (karāzin))

  1. (obsolete) a jewelled crown

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Ullmann, Manfred (1959–1970) Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache. Band I (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 125