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حَظِيرَة
pen (an enclosure for animals) /ħaˈðˤiː.ra/
nounB2#3383 most common
Also: enclosure, corral, hangar
Example sentences
في المَزْرَعةِ حَظِيرَةٌ للأَغْنامِ.
On the farm there is a pen for sheep.
يَلْعَبُ الأَطْفالُ بِجانِبِ الحَظِيرَةِ.
The children play next to the pen.
وَضَعَ الفَلّاحُ الدَّجاجَ في الحَظِيرَةِ قَبْلَ المَغْرِبِ.
The farmer put the chickens in the pen before sunset.
تَحْتاجُ الحَظِيرَةُ إلى تَنْظيفٍ يَوْمِيٍّ لِحِمايَةِ الماشِيَةِ مِنَ الأَمْراضِ.
The pen needs daily cleaning to protect the livestock from disease.
أَقامَتِ الحُكومَةُ حَظائِرَ حَديثَةً لِتَرْبِيَةِ الأَبْقارِ بِمُواصَفاتٍ صِحِّيَّةٍ عالِيَةٍ.
The government built modern pens for raising cattle to high health standards.
تَحَوَّلَتِ الحَظيرَةُ القَديمَةُ إلى مَرْكَزٍ لِإِعادَةِ تَأْهيلِ الحَيَواناتِ البَرِّيَّةِ المُصابَةِ.
The old pen was turned into a rehabilitation center for injured wild animals.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَظِيرَةٌ | حَظَائِرُ |
| Genitive | حَظِيرَةٍ | حَظَائِرَ |
| Accusative | حَظِيرَةً | حَظَائِرَ |
| Vocative | يا حَظِيرَةُ | يا حَظَائِرُ |
Word family
حَظَرَto forbid, ban
حَظْرban, prohibition, curfewمَحْظُورforbidden, prohibited
حَظائِرpens, enclosures (plural)
حَظيرة الطائراتaircraft hangar
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ح-ظ-ر (ḥ-ẓ-r), meaning to enclose, fence off, or forbid. حَظِيرَة takes the فَعِيلة pattern used for a place where an action happens, so it literally names the fenced-off spot. The same root gives Arabic its verb for prohibiting something, since a forbidden area and a fenced area share the same idea of a boundary that keeps things in or out.
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