حظوة

See also: خطوة

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḥiθ̣- (arrow). Everything else in the root ح ظ و (ḥ-ẓ-w) or ح ظ ي (ḥ-ẓ-y) is denominal from the originally biradical noun.

Noun

حُظْوَة or حِظْوَة • (ḥuẓwa or ḥiẓwa) f (plural حُظًا (ḥuẓan) or حُظًى (ḥuẓan) or حِظًا (ḥiẓan) or حِظًى (ḥiẓan) or حُظُوَات (ḥuẓuwāt) or حِظَاء (ḥiẓāʔ) or حُظْوَات (ḥuẓwāt) or حِظْوَات (ḥiẓwāt))

  1. verbal noun of حَظِيَ (ḥaẓiya) (form I)
  2. small headless arrow, used for playing or training
  3. share of luck
  4. consideration, honor, favor

Declension

References

  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “حظوة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 596
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 147–148
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حظوة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 285
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “حظوة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 270
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