عروض

العربية

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عروض^¹

/ʕa.ruːdˤ/

noun عَرُوض · ʕarūḍ · أَعَارِيض · الْعَرُوض

a path or road lying to the side or obliquely or on a declivity
a line of discourse, intended sense
a path of a camel or horse or goat going to the right and left when it is ridden or grazing, and the beast itself that moves such a way
prosody, versification
last foot of a hemistich
tent-pole
nourishment, food

عروض^²

/ʕu.ruːdˤ/

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noun عُرُوض · ʕurūḍ

plural plural of عَرْض (ʕarḍ)

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prosody poetry: study of poetic meter etc

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {عروض},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B6},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}