عزلة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ز ل‎ (ʕ-z-l).

Noun

عُزْلَة • (ʕuzla) f (plural عُزَل‎ (ʕuzal))

  1. (the fact or the state of) being alone
  2. solitude, isolation
  3. detachment, reserve
  4. aloofness, retreat, hermitage
  5. (Yemen) hamlet, thorp, village
  6. (Yemen) clan, tribe

Declension

Noun

عِزْلَة • (ʕizla) f (plural عِزَل‎ (ʕizal))

  1. (Yemen) a type of administrative division consisting of adjacent villages, translated as “sub-district” because below a نَاحِيَة‎ (nāḥiya)

Declension

References

  • Arabic Moungued dictionary
  • Landberg, Carlo, editor (1942) Glossaire daṯînois‎ (in French), Leiden: Brill, page 2289
  • Piamenta, Moshe (1991) Dictionary of Post-Classical Yemeni Arabic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 326a
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