Quranic root

خردل

kh · r · d · l

The attested lexical orientation is mustard, especially the mustard seed or grain.

The supplied evidence does not establish a broader root-level semantic development beyond this plant-name.

Forms in the Quran

The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.

khardal

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Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.

Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.

Show 2 Classical meanings

خَرْدَل
Mustard used as a medicinal and practical substance: heating, emollient, drawing, phlegmagogue, lenitive, and digestive; used in liniments and remedies, with its juice or oil applied for earache, its powder for toothache, and its smoke used to repel serpents and other harmful reptiles.
These are broader Classical Arabic properties and applications of mustard, not separate Quranic senses.
- Lane · entry 18777
الخَرْدَلُ الفَارِسِيّ
A particular plant in Egypt known as حَشِيشَةُ السُّلْطَانِ.
A specific regional plant designation within the broader mustard entry.
- Lane · entry 18777

Points that affect how this root should be read.

The medicinal and practical properties recorded in Classical Arabic are not asserted as additional Quranic meanings.