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تمن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root primarily denotes a specific geographical location, a mountain pass or valley, and is used in classical poetry to refer to this place. It also appears in a hadith referring to a specific location.

Derived headwords

تَيْمَنname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A specific geographical location, likely a mountain pass or valley, mentioned in classical poetry and hadith.

بتيمن يبكيه الحمام المغرد — In Tayman, the cooing doves weep for him.

Parallel reading

تيمن: اسم موضع
Tayman: a place name.
سموت له بالركب، حتى وجدته ... بتيمن يبكيه الحمام المغرد
I ascended to him with the riding animals, until I found him... in Tayman, the cooing doves weep for him.
وترك صرفه لما عنى به البقعة.
And he refrained from changing it when he meant the place.
وفي حديث سالم سبلان قال: سمعت عائشة، رضي الله تعالى عنها، وهي بمكان من تمن بسفح هرشى
And in the hadith of Salim Sublan, he said: I heard Aisha, may God Almighty be pleased with her, while she was in a place of Taman at the foot of Hurshi.
بفتح التاء والميم وكسر النون المشددة، اسم ثنية هرشى بين مكة والمدينة.
With a fatha on the taa and mim, and a kasra on the shaddad noon, it is the name of the pass of Hurshi between Mecca and Medina.