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بربط

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a musical instrument of Persian origin, the lute or oud, and its associated terminology. It also extends to related concepts like clothing and a place name.

Derived headwords

البِرْبَطnoun
  1. 1.
    Lute/Oudclassical

    A musical instrument, specifically a lute or oud, of non-Arab origin, adopted by Arabs.

  2. 2.
    Distraction/Amusementclassical

    Something that distracts or amuses, particularly a musical instrument.

البِرْبَطnoun
  1. 1.
    Persian luteclassical

    A Persian musical instrument, described as resembling the chest ('bar' in Persian) of the belly ('but').

البِرْبِيطِيَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Garmentsclassical

    Clothing or garments.

البِرْبِيطِيَاءname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A place name, associated with finely woven cloth (washi).

Parallel reading

البربط: العود، أعجمي ليس من ملاهي العرب فأعربته حين سمعت به.
Al-birbat: The oud, it is non-Arab and not among the amusements of the Arabs, so they Arabized it when they heard of it.
البربط من ملاهي العجم شبه بصدر البط، والصدر بالفارسية بر فقيل بربط.
Al-birbat is from the amusements of the Persians, resembling the chest of the belly; and the chest in Persian is 'bar', so it was called 'birbat'.
لا قدست أمة فيها البربط
May no nation be sanctified in which the lute is present.
البربط ملهاة تشبه العود، فارسي معرب
Al-birbat is an amusement resembling the oud, it is an Arabized Persian word.
أصله بربت فإن الضارب به يضعه على صدره، واسم الصدر بر.
Its origin is 'barbat', as the player places it on his chest, and the name for chest is 'bar'.
والبربيطياء: ثياب.
And al-birbityaa': garments.
والبربيطياء: موضع ينسب إليه الوشي
And al-birbityaa': a place to which finely woven cloth is attributed.
كأن رياضها ... مهدن بذي البربيطياء المهذب
As if their meadows... are adorned with the refined al-birbityaa'.