هزل

Arabic

Root
ه ز ل (h-z-l)

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ha.za.la/

Verb

هَزَلَ • (hazala) I, non-past يَهْزُلُ‎ (yahzulu)

  1. (intransitive) to joke, to jest
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Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /hazl/

Noun

هَزْل • (hazl) m

  1. verbal noun of هَزَلَ (hazala, to joke) (form I)
  2. jokefulness, jocularity
    Synonym: جَدّ (jadd)
    • 12th century, Al-Ghazali, بداية الهداية [ The Beginning of Guidance ]:
      [..] فَٱحْفَظْ مِنْهُ لِسَانَكَ فِي الْجِدِّ وَٱلْهَزْلِ ، وَلَا تُعَوِّدْ نَفْسَكَ الْكَذِبَ هَزْلًا [..]
      [..] faḥfaẓ minhu lisānaka fī l-jiddi wal-hazli , walā tuʕawwid nafsaka l-kaḏiba hazlan [..]
      [..] then keep your tongue from it (lying) in seriousness or jokefulness, and do not accustom yourself to lying jokingly [..]
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