حرز

Arabic

Root
ح ر ز (ḥ r z)
3 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħirz/

Noun

حِرْز • (ḥirz) m (plural أَحْرَاز (ʔaḥrāz) or حَرَائِز (ḥarāʔiz))

1. amulet

   Synonym: تَمِيمَة (tamīma)

2. shelter, refuge

   Synonym: مَلْجَأْ (maljaʔ)

   • 905AH, al-Kafami, quoting Ali b. al-Husayn, “دعاء الجوشن الكبير:28”, in البلد الأمين‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 September 2020:

     يَا عِمَادَ مَنْ لَا عِمَادَ لَهُ يَا سَنَدَ مَنْ لَا سَنَدَ لَهُ يَا ذُخْرَ مَنْ لَا ذُخْرَ لَهُ يَا حِرْزَ مَنْ لَا حِرْزَ لَهُ يَا غِيَاثَ مَنْ لَا غِيَاثَ لَهُ يَا فَخْرَ مَنْ لَا فَخْرَ لَهُ يَا عِزَّ مَنْ لَا عِزَّ لَهُ يَا مُعِينَ مَنْ لَا مُعِينَ لَهُ يَا أَنِيسَ مَنْ لَا أَنِيسَ لَهُ يَا أَمَانَ مَنْ لَا أَمَانَ لَهُ

     yā ʕimāda man lā ʕimāda lahu yā sanada man lā sanada lahu yā ḏuḵra man lā ḏuḵra lahu yā ḥirza man lā ḥirza lahu yā ḡiyāṯa man lā ḡiyāṯa lahu yā faḵra man lā faḵra lahu yā ʕizza man lā ʕizza lahu yā muʕīna man lā muʕīna lahu yā ʔanīsa man lā ʔanīsa lahu yā ʔamāna man lā ʔamāna lahu

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Declension

Declension of noun حِرْز (ḥirz)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِرْز ḥirz	الْحِرْز al-ḥirz	حِرْز ḥirz
Nominative	حِرْزٌ ḥirzun	الْحِرْزُ al-ḥirzu	حِرْزُ ḥirzu
Accusative	حِرْزًا ḥirzan	الْحِرْزَ al-ḥirza	حِرْزَ ḥirza
Genitive	حِرْزٍ ḥirzin	الْحِرْزِ al-ḥirzi	حِرْزِ ḥirzi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِرْزَيْن ḥirzayn	الْحِرْزَيْن al-ḥirzayn	حِرْزَيْ ḥirzay
Nominative	حِرْزَانِ ḥirzāni	الْحِرْزَانِ al-ḥirzāni	حِرْزَا ḥirzā
Accusative	حِرْزَيْنِ ḥirzayni	الْحِرْزَيْنِ al-ḥirzayni	حِرْزَيْ ḥirzay
Genitive	حِرْزَيْنِ ḥirzayni	الْحِرْزَيْنِ al-ḥirzayni	حِرْزَيْ ḥirzay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَحْرَاز‎; حَرَائِز ʔaḥrāz‎; ḥarāʔiz	الْأَحْرَاز‎; الْحَرَائِز al-ʔaḥrāz‎; al-ḥarāʔiz	أَحْرَاز‎; حَرَائِز ʔaḥrāz‎; ḥarāʔiz
Nominative	أَحْرَازٌ‎; حَرَائِزُ ʔaḥrāzun‎; ḥarāʔizu	الْأَحْرَازُ‎; الْحَرَائِزُ al-ʔaḥrāzu‎; al-ḥarāʔizu	أَحْرَازُ‎; حَرَائِزُ ʔaḥrāzu‎; ḥarāʔizu
Accusative	أَحْرَازًا‎; حَرَائِزَ ʔaḥrāzan‎; ḥarāʔiza	الْأَحْرَازَ‎; الْحَرَائِزَ al-ʔaḥrāza‎; al-ḥarāʔiza	أَحْرَازَ‎; حَرَائِزَ ʔaḥrāza‎; ḥarāʔiza
Genitive	أَحْرَازٍ‎; حَرَائِزَ ʔaḥrāzin‎; ḥarāʔiza	الْأَحْرَازِ‎; الْحَرَائِزِ al-ʔaḥrāzi‎; al-ḥarāʔizi	أَحْرَازِ‎; حَرَائِزِ ʔaḥrāzi‎; ḥarāʔizi

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِرْز (ḥirz).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hiɾz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪɹz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪɹz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪɹz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔiɹz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [heɹz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hiɹz]

Readings
Classical reading?	hirz
Dari reading?	hirz
Iranian reading?	herz
Tajik reading?	hirz

Noun

حرز • (herz)

1. amulet, talisman

   Synonym: تعویذ (ta'viz)

2. shelter, refuge

   Synonym: پناه (panâh)

   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 329”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[2]:

     منصور بن مظفّر غازیست حرز من
     و از این خجسته نام بر اعدا مظفّرم

     mansūr bin muzaffar-i ğāzī-st hirz-i man
     u az īn xujasta nām bar a'dā muzaffaram

     The holy warrior Mansūr bin Muzaffar is my refuge,
     And through this auspicious name, I triumph over my foes.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “حرز”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim