Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
حظر
Parts of Speech
Noun (2×)
Qur'an Occurrences
2 times across 2 surahs

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root حظر (Hzhr) primarily means to forbid or prohibit something. It also conveys the sense of debarring or withholding something from others, as if taking it for oneself.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: ḥ-ẓ-r
Listen: ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ 54:31
Root letters: ح — ظ — ر

Word Family Tree (2 forms)

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

Noun

Concordance — 2 Occurrences

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

Noun (2)

Noun (2 verses — showing first 5)

Children of Israel, The Israelites 17:20 Noun
كُلࣰّا نُّمِدُّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ وَهَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ مِنۡ عَطَاۤءِ رَبِّكَۚ وَمَا كَانَ عَطَاۤءُ رَبِّكَ مَحۡظُورًا ۝٢٠
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): To each [category] We extend - to these and to those - from the gift of your Lord. And never has the gift of your Lord been restricted
The Moon 54:31 Noun
إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ صَیۡحَةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِیمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ ۝٣١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Indeed, We sent upon them one blast from the sky, and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen

Derived Forms (2)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ lmuḥtaẓiri Noun
مَحْظُورًا maḥẓuwranā Noun