قزح

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قزح

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From the root ق ز ح (q z ḥ). Compare Hebrew קֶצַח (qeṣaḥ, “black cumin (Nigella sativa))”). Jewish Palestinian Aramaic קִיצְחָא (qiṣḥā, “black cumin (Nigella sativa))”) is likely a Hebraism. But there is also Ugaritic 𐎖𐎕𐎈 (qṣḥ, “black cumin (Nigella sativa)”). Whereas the Classical Syriac lexicographers give ܟܷܣܚܳܐ (kesḥā, “small onion”).

verb قَزَحَ · qazaḥa · يَقْزَحُ · قَزْح · قَازِح

transitive to put scents to, to add aromates to

verb قَزَحَ · qazaḥa · يَقْزَحُ · قُزُوح · قَزَحَان · قَزْح

intransitive to splash, to emit driblets, to spatter

verb قَزَّحَ · qazzaḥa · يُقَزِّحُ · تَقْزِيح · مُقَزِّح

transitive to put scents to, to add aromates to
transitive to embellish, to dress up, to formulate exquisitely
Similar: دَبَّجَ

noun قَزْح · qazḥ · الْقَزْح · قَزْحٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of قَزَحَ (qazaḥa) (form I)
dog urine

proper noun قُزَح · quzaḥ · -

a god or demon of the rainstorm of the pagan Arabs, translatable as “thunder god” or “rain demon”. Related to a certain ritual of “standing” (وُقُوف (wuqūf)) performed at a hill (the hill termed جَبَل قُزَح (jabal quzaḥ), now جَبَل عَرَفَة (jabal ʕarafa, “Mount Arafat”)) east of Mecca at dawn where he was apparently believed to dwell, or perhaps the hill itself was deified. فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ أَتَى قُزَحَ فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ «هَذَا قُزَحُ وَهُوَ الْمَوْقِفُ وَجَمْعٌ كُلُّهَا مَوْقِفٌ»

noun قِزْح · qizḥ · قِزْحَة · أَقْزَاح · الْقِزْح

collective black cumin (Nigella sativa)
Similar: شُونِيز, حَبَّة سَوْدَاءُ, كَمُّون أَسْوَد
collective onion seeds
collective anything scented added to dishes while cooking
collective serpent excrement

In English

rainbow To pattern with many colours, like a rainbow.
onion seed seeds of an onion plant
black caraway spice from Nigella sativa

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {قزح},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%B2%D8%AD},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}