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حَزَر
to guess, to estimate /ħa.ˈza.ra/
verbB1#2540 most common
Also: to conjecture, to reckon (a quantity)
Example sentences
حَزَرْتُ عُمْرَهُ.
I guessed his age.
حَزَرَتْ أُخْتِي كَمْ حَبَّةَ حَلْوَى فِي الصُّنْدُوقِ.
My sister guessed how many candies were in the box.
حَزَرْنَا السِّعْرَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُخْبِرَنَا البَائِعُ بِهِ.
We guessed the price before the seller told us.
حَاوَلَ الطُّلَّابُ أَنْ يَحْزُرُوا الجَوَابَ الصَّحِيحَ دُونَ قِرَاءَةِ السُّؤَالِ كَامِلًا.
The students tried to guess the correct answer without reading the whole question.
حَزَرَ الخَبِيرُ الاقْتِصَادِيُّ نِسْبَةَ النُّمُوِّ بِنَاءً عَلَى بَيَانَاتٍ نَاقِصَةٍ.
The economic expert estimated the growth rate based on incomplete data.
مَهْمَا حَزَرْتَ نَوَايَا السِّيَاسِيِّينَ، فَإِنَّ الوَاقِعَ غَالِبًا مَا يُفَاجِئُكَ.
However much you try to guess politicians' intentions, reality often surprises you.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَحْزُرُ | حَزَرْتُ | سَأَحْزُرُ |
| 2sg | تَحْزُرُ | حَزَرْتَ | سَتَحْزُرُ |
| 3sg | يَحْزُرُ | حَزَرَ | سَيَحْزُرُ |
| 1pl | نَحْزُرُ | حَزَرْنَا | سَنَحْزُرُ |
| 2pl | تَحْزُرُونَ | حَزَرْتُمْ | سَتَحْزُرُونَ |
| 3pl | يَحْزُرُونَ | حَزَرُوا | سَيَحْزُرُونَ |
Word family
حَزْرa guess, an estimate
حازِرone who guesses or estimates
حَزُّورَةriddle, puzzle
تَحْزِيرthe act of estimating or guessing
Etymology
حَزَر comes from the Semitic triliteral root ح-ز-ر, which in Arabic carries the sense of judging a quantity without exact measurement. Classical dictionaries gloss it as guessing or estimating, and the same root gives حَزُّورَة, an old word for a riddle, a thing whose answer must be guessed. The root is attested mainly within Arabic; no well-established cognate in another Semitic language is confirmed.
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