Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
بذر
Parts of Speech
Noun (2×), Verb (1×)
Qur'an Occurrences
3 times across 1 surahs

Definitions (1)

Meanings associated with the root بذر across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.

  1. 1
    The root بذر primarily means to sow or scatter seeds, or to scatter things in general. It can also describe God scattering mankind or land putting forth plants.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: b-dh-r
Listen: ٱلْمُبَذِّرِينَ 17:27
Root letters: ب — ذ — ر

Word Family Tree (3 forms)

All word forms derived from the root بذر as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.

Noun Verb

Concordance — 3 Occurrences

Every place in the Qur'an where the root بذر appears, grouped by grammatical role.

Noun (2) · Verb (1)

Noun (2 verses — showing first 5)

Children of Israel, The Israelites 17:26 Noun
وَءَاتِ ذَا ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ حَقَّهُۥ وَٱلۡمِسۡكِینَ وَٱبۡنَ ٱلسَّبِیلِ وَلَا تُبَذِّرۡ تَبۡذِیرًا ۝٢٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And give the relative his right, and [also] the poor and the traveler, and do not spend wastefully
Children of Israel, The Israelites 17:27 Noun
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُبَذِّرِینَ كَانُوۤا۟ إِخۡوَ ٰنَ ٱلشَّیَـٰطِینِۖ وَكَانَ ٱلشَّیۡطَـٰنُ لِرَبِّهِۦ كَفُورࣰا ۝٢٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Indeed, the wasteful are brothers of the devils, and ever has Satan been to his Lord ungrateful

Derived Forms (3)

Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
ٱلْمُبَذِّرِينَ lmubadhiriyna Noun
تُبَذِّرْ tubadhir Verb
تَبْذِيرًا tabdhiyranā Noun