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هطف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a proper name, specifically of a man and a tribe. It is associated with the carving of large wooden bowls.

Derived headwords

الهطفname
  1. 1.
    name of a manclassical

    A proper name of a man, who was the ancestor of a tribe.

  2. 2.
    name of a tribeclassical

    The name of a tribe descended from a man named Al-Hataf.

الهطفىname
  1. 1.
    proper nameclassical

    A proper name, mentioned in conjunction with Al-Hataf.

Parallel reading

الهطف: اسم رجل وهو أبو قبيلة كانوا أول من نحت الجفان
Al-Hataf: The name of a man, and he is the ancestor of a tribe who were the first to carve large wooden bowls.
بنوالهطف حي من العرب
Banu Al-Hataf are a tribe from the Arabs.
ذكره أبو خراش الهذلي فقال: لو كان حيا لغاداهم بمترعة ... من الرواويق، من شيزى بني الهطف
Abu Khurash Al-Hudhali mentioned him, saying: If he were alive, he would have brought them morning provisions from a watering place... from the tents, from the cedarwood of Banu Al-Hataf.
الهطفى: اسم
Al-Hatafi: A name.