ذراع

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ذراع

  • /ði.raːʕ/

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Cognate to Aramaic דְּרָעָא / ܕܪܥܐ (dərāʿā), Hebrew זְרוֹעַ (zərṓaʿ), Ugaritic 𐎏𐎗𐎓 (ḏrʿ), Ge'ez መዝራዕት (mäzraʿt), Tigre ዘራዕ (zäraʿ), መዛርዕት (mäzarəʿt), Tigrinya መዝራዕት (mäzraʿt), Soqotri direʿ, Shehri diráʿ.

noun ذِرَاع · ḏirāʕ · ذِرَاعَان · أَذْرُع · ذُرْعَان

  1. countable the limb of any animal, an arm or leg لِلْأُخْطُبُوطِ ثَمَانِي أَذْرُعٍ.
  2. countable, of primates the portion of the upper appendage from the shoulder to wrist, the arm فِي ذِرَاعِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ ثَلَاثَةُ عِظَامٍ: اِثْنَتَانِ فِي ٱلسَّاعِدِ ٱسْمَاهُمَا ٱلزَّنْدُ وَٱلْكُعْبُرَةُ وَوَاحِدَةٌ فِي ٱلْعَضُدِ.

    Similar: يَد

  3. broadly, countable something resembling, likened to, or related to an arm or arms (such as a lever, a shift lever, a lever arm, a crank arm, a jib, a boom, a branch or division, power, might, influence, and so on)
  4. countable, of primates the portion of the upper appendage from the elbow to the wrist, the lower arm, the forearm

    Similar: سَاعِد

  5. countable a cubit, especially the Arabian cubit variously standardized by place, time, and item from 25–75 cm (10 in–2 ft 6 in). ثُمَّ فِي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ

In English

  • arm upper appendage from shoulder to wrist
  • temple sidepiece of spectacles
  • cubit Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand

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"ذراع." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B0%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B9. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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"ذراع." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B0%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B9.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ذراع},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B0%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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