Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

كَرَدَ, (aor. ـُ {يَكْرُدُ}, S, L,) inf. n. كَرْدٌ, He drove, (L, Ḳ,) drove away, and repelled, a people: (Ṣ, L:) accord. to some, he drove the enemy in a charge or assault: (L:) he drove away the enemy: (Ḳ:) he repelled them and drove them away with his sword. (L.)

He turned him back from his opinion. (L.)

He cut off [a thing.] (Ḳ.)

كاردهُ, (Ḳ,) inf. n. مُكَارَدَةٌ, (Ṣ,) He charged upon, or assaulted, or attacked, him, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) and repelled him, (Ḳ,) the latter doing the same. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

كَرْدٌ The neck; (Ṣ, L, Ḳ;) a Persian word, arabicized: (Ṣ, L:) or (properly, L) the base of the neck: (L, Ḳ:) or the place where the head is set upon the neck: i. q. قَرْدٌ: (L:) the back of the neck; as alsoكَرْدَنٌ↓ and قَرْدَنٌ (IAạr, T, L.)

كُرْدٌ a pl. [or rather a coll. gen. n.] of which the sing. [or n. un.] isكُرْدَةٌ↓, the latter signifying A مَشَارَة, (O, L,) i. e. channel of water for irrigation, (TA, [but see this word, and what follows here below,]) of places, [or plots] of seed-produce: (O, L, TA:) this is what is meant in the Ḳ by the saying that الكُرْدُ signifies الدَّبْرَةُ مِنَ المَزَارِعِ, and that the n. un. is with ة {كُرْدَةٌ}: (TA:) an instance of agreement between the languages of the Arabs and the 'Ajam; or, as some assert, an Arabic word derived from المُكَارَدَةُ: (O:) or كُرْدٌ signifies a دَبْرَة, and is [originally] a Pers. word: and the pl. is كُرُودٌ: and كُرْدَةٌ is like كُرْدٌ [in signification]: (L:) [see also دَبْرَةٌ, voce دَبْرٌ:] or كُرْدَةٌ signifies a piece of land, or of sown land, or one having a raised border; and its pl. is كُرَدٌ [app. a mistranscription for the coll. gen. n. كُرْدٌ]. (MA.)

الكُرْدُ A certain nation; [the Gordiæi: (Golius:) n. un. كُرْدِىٌّ:] pl. أَكْرَادٌ: (Ṣ, L, Ḳ:) respecting their origin authors differ: it is said that their ancestor was Kurd the son of ʼAmr Muzeykiyà the son of 'Ámir Má-es-Semà, not 'Ámir the son of Má-es-Semà, as in the Ḳ, for Má-es-Semà was a surname of 'Ámir: (TA:) or they are the remains of the people whom Beewarásf, also called Eḍ-Ḍaḥḥák, used to eat: (IḲt, MF, TA:) or their ancestor was Kurd the son of Ken'án (or Canaan) the son of Koosh (or Cush) the son of Hám (or Ḥam) the son of Nooh (or Noah): they consist of countless tribes, differing in language and condition, but all are reduced to four principal tribes, the سوران and the كوران and the كُلهر and the لُر: (Moḥammad Efendee El-Kurdee:) or their ancestor was Kurd the son of ʼAmr the son of 'Ámir the son of Saasa'ah: (Abu-l-Yakdhán:) El-Mesʼoodee says, that some assert them to be of the descendants of Rabee'ah the son of Nizár: others, that they are of the descendants of Mudar the son of Nizár: others, that they are descended from Kurd the son of Ken'án the son of Koosh the son of Hám: and he adds, that they are apparently of the offspring of Hám, like the Persians: that among the known tribes of which they consist are the سورانيّة, the كورانية, the عمادية, the حكارية, the محمودية, the بختية, the بشوية, the جوبية, the زرزائية, the مهرانية, the جاودانية, the رضائية, the سروجية, the هارونية, and the لرية: and that their countries are Persia, and 'Irák el-'Ajam, and Ádharbeeján, and Irbil, and El-Mósil. (Moḥammad Efendee El-Kurdee.) [Many other assertions as to the origin of this people are made by other authors.]

كُرْدِيَّةٌ an appellation of certain dogs [app. belonging to the كُرْد]. (M voce تَدْمُرِيَّةٌ.)

كِرْدِيدَةٌ A large portion of dates. (L, Ḳ.)

Also, The [kind of basket of palm-leaves called] جلَّةٌ in which dates are put: (Seer, L, Ḳ:) or the dates remaining upon the sides in the lower part of the جُلَّة: (Ṣ, L, Ḳ:) as alsoكِرْدِيَّةٌ↓: (Ḳ:) pl. كَرَادِيدُ (Ṣ, L, Ḳ) and كِرَادٌ. (Ḳ.)

مَكْرُودٌ A mustache cut off. (Ḳ.)