حزاء

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حزاء

/ħa.zaːʔ/

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In view of the hallucinogenic uses of the plant, perhaps related to تَحَزَّى (taḥazzā, “to divine; to divine from the flights or cries of birds by driving them away”), حَزَى (ḥazā), حَزَا (ḥazā, “to compute by conjecture (fruits on a palm etc.)”), a variant of ح ص ي (ḥ ṣ y), ح ص و (ḥ ṣ w).

noun حَزَاء · ḥazāʔ · حَزَاءَة · الْحَزَاء

collective, rare, in post classical Arabic only Bedouin common rue (Ruta graveolens) الْحَزَاء بقلة تشبه الْكَرَفْس لريحها خَمْطة وهي بالفارسيّة دينارُویه
Similar: سُذَاب

In English

rue any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {حزاء},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A1},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}