# he-Dal-he-Dal — هدهد (hdhd)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/hdhd

- **Meaning:** To coo (as a dove), grumble (as a camel), dandle (as a child), throw (a thing down). hadhadatun - murmuring sound. hadaahid - patience. hudhud - bird, hoopoe upupa, lapwing, peewit.
- **Derived forms:** هُدْهُد (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْهُدْهُدَ — l-hud'huda · "the hoopoe"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَتَفَقَّدَ الطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِيَ لَٓا اَرَى الْهُدْهُدَۘ اَمْ كَانَ مِنَ الْغَٓائِب۪ينَ

Watafaqqada attayra faqalama liya la ara alhudhuda am kana minaalgha-ibeen

And he inspected the birds, and said: “How is it with me that I see not the hoopoe? Or is he among the absent?

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-20.md_

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