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بستق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to guarding, watchfulness, and potentially the produce or fruits of a garden. It is associated with a person who oversees a garden and the state of being unaware or unpersecuted.

Derived headwords

البستقانيnoun
  1. 1.
    gardenerclassical

    The one who is in charge of a garden, responsible for its care and maintenance.

  2. 2.
    watchmanclassical

    A person who keeps watch, a guard, especially one who is vigilant.

بستقانيadjective
  1. 1.
    unawareclassical

    Not knowing or perceiving something; lacking awareness of a particular situation or event.

  2. 2.
    unpersecutedclassical

    Not subjected to harassment, oppression, or ill-treatment.

Parallel reading

قدم أعرابي من نجد بعض القرى فقال: سقى نجدا وساكنه هزيم ... حثيث الودق، منسكب يماني بلاد لا يحس البق فيها، ... ولا يدرى بها ما البستقاني ولم يستب ساكنها عشاء ... بكشخان، ولا بالقرطبان
An Arab from Najd presented some villages and said: May it water Najd and its inhabitants with heavy, continuous rain, pouring from Yemen, a land where the pestilence is not felt... and where the gardener is not known, nor its inhabitants disturbed in the evening... by a pestilence, nor by a plague.
لا يحس البق فيها
the pestilence is not felt in it
ولا يدرى بها ما البستقاني
and the gardener is not known in it
ولم يستب ساكنها عشاء
and its inhabitants were not disturbed in the evening
بكشخان
by a pestilence
ولا بالقرطبان
nor by a plague