خراط

Arabic

Etymology

Occupational noun from خَرَطَ (ḵaraṭa, to lathe).

Noun

خَرَّاط (ḵarrāṭ) m (plural خَرَّاطُون (ḵarrāṭūn))

  1. turner (maker of boxes, spindles, etc. using a lathe)
  2. tumor
  3. who puts a false construction on another's speech, liar
  4. braggart

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), خراط”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), خراط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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