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دبذ

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root entry primarily discusses a specific type of garment, a 'diabudh', which is a woven fabric. It notes its Persian origin and variations in its Arabicized form.

Derived headwords

الدِّيَابُوذnoun
  1. 1.
    garmentclassical

    A type of garment or robe, specifically a woven fabric. It is described as being woven with two threads, possibly a plural form of 'dībūdh'.

ديبوذnoun
  1. 1.
    garmentclassical

    The singular form of a woven garment, from which 'diabudh' might be derived. Its origin is stated to be Persian.

دوبوذnoun
  1. 1.
    garmentclassical

    The original Persian term for a type of woven garment, which was later Arabicized.

Parallel reading

الدِّيَابُوذ: ثوبٌ يُنسَجُ بنَيرَينِ كأنَّهُ جَمعُ دِيبُوذٍ على فِيعُولٍ؛
The diabudh: a garment woven with two threads, as if it were the plural of dībūdh in the form of fīʿūl;
قال أبو عبيد: أصلُهُ بالفارسيةِ دُوبُوذ؛
Abu Ubayd said: its origin is, in Persian, dūbūdh;
وأنشد الأعشى يصفُ الثورَ: عليهِ دِيَابُوذٌ تَسَرْبَلَ تَحتَهُ أرَنْدَجٌ إسْكَافٌ يُخالِطُ عِظْلَمَا
And Al-A'sha recited, describing the bull: Upon him is a diabudh, beneath which is worn a cobbler's arandaj mixed with 'izlam.
وربما عربوهُ بدالٍ غيرِ مُعْجَمَةٍ.
And sometimes they Arabicized it with a dāl that is not pointed (i.e., without a dot).