حنظل

العربية · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

حنظل

/ħan.ðˤal/

Where it comes from

From حَظَلَ (ḥaẓala, “to hinder in moving”), for this toxic plant blocks the ground, and حَظِلَ (ḥaẓila, “to walk lamely”) which is what camels do after having loaded their bellies with this plant. The same motive was the namesake of حَدَج (ḥadaj, “colocynth”).

noun حَنْظَل · ḥanẓal · حَنْظَلَة · الْحَنْظَل

collective colocynth
Similar: حَدَج, عَلْقَم

In English

colocynth plant or fruit of the Citrullus colocynthis

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"حنظل." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%84. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

حنظل. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%84

Chicago

"حنظل." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%84.

BibTeX

@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {حنظل},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%84},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}