زند
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زند¹
- /zand/
Where it comes from
From Middle Persian [script needed] (zng /zang/, “ankle, shank”).
noun زَنْد · zand · زِنَاد · أَزْنُد · أَزْنَاد
- a combustible typically wooden rod for making fire through friction (as in drilling) قَدَحَ بِزَنْدٍ نَارًا فِي اللَّيْلِ
- the trigger of a gun with which it is fired دَاسَ عَلَى ٱلزَّنْدِ فَقَتَلَهُمَا
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either of the two bones of the forearm, the ulna or the radius
Similar: زَانِد
- the comparatively longer and thinner long bone of the two bones in the forearm that is connected with the carpus at the wrist joint and with the humerus at the elbow joint, the ulna فِي ذِرَاعِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ ثَلَاثَةُ عِظَامٍ: اِثْنَتَانِ فِي ٱلسَّاعِدِ ٱسْمَاهُمَا ٱلزَّنْدُ وَٱلْكُعْبُرَةُ وَوَاحِدَةٌ فِي ٱلْعَضُدِ.
زند²
- /zand/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Persian زَنْد (zand, “Zand (member of the Zand tribe)”).
noun زَنْد · zand · زَنْدِيّ · الزَّنْد
- Zands (members of the Zand tribe) وانتقل الملك الى قبيلة الزند الصغيرة وتم لكريم خان يتبوأَ المملكة سنة ١٧٥٠
- Zands (members of the Zand dynasty) […] آل الزند […]
In English
- ulna bone of the forearm
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title = {زند},
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