Tanāfur al-Ḥurūf (تنافر الحروف) is the awkward meeting of sounds within one word, making pronunciation notably harsh or cumbersome. Its assessment involves trained Arabic usage and phonetic taste, not simply counting letters.
The source includes the word مُسْتَشْزِرَات as an illustration of an awkward sound sequence.
A long but smooth word is not automatically defective. What matters here is the manner of articulation, not the number of characters.
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Introduction to Faṣāḥah, Balāghah and the Three Disciplines
Tanāfur al-Ḥurūf (تنافر الحروف) is the awkward meeting of sounds within one word, making pronunciation notably harsh or cumbersome. Its assessment involves trained Arabic usage and phonetic taste, not simply counting letters.
The source includes the word مُسْتَشْزِرَات as an illustration of an awkward sound sequence.
A long but smooth word is not automatically defective. What matters here is the manner of articulation, not the number of characters.