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البند

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to banners, flags, and standards, often large and imposing. It also encompasses related concepts like divisions, sections, and specific types of chess pieces. Additionally, it touches upon terms for intoxication and a specific type of garment.

Derived headwords

البَنْدnoun
  1. 1.
    Banner, flagboth

    A large banner or flag, often used for identification or as a standard.

  2. 2.
    Trick, stratagemclassical

    A cunning or deceptive tactic or stratagem used to achieve a goal.

  3. 3.
    Intoxicating substanceclassical

    Something that causes intoxication, specifically referring to something that intoxicates from water.

  4. 4.
    Chess piececlassical

    A chess piece, specifically a pawn that is captured by another piece.

بَنْدnoun
  1. 1.
    Brother of Sindclassical

    Refers to a slave or servant belonging to the people of Sind.

البُنُودَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Anusclassical

    The posterior opening of the digestive tract; the anus.

بَنْدَوَيْهِname
  1. 1.
    Name of individualsboth

    A proper name, specifically mentioned in reference to scholars or traditionists like 'Auf ibn Bandawayh and Muhammad ibn Bandawayh.

Parallel reading

البند: العلم الكبير
The banner: the large flag.
وحيل مستعملة
And used stratagems.
والذي يسكر من الماء
And that which intoxicates from water.
وبيدق منعقد بفرزان
And a pawn captured by a knight.
وبالكسر: أمة إخوة السند
And with kasra: a slave of the brothers of Sind.
والبنودة، كسفودة: الدبر
And al-bunūdah, like sufūdah: the anus.
وعوف بن بندوية، بالكسر، ومحمد بن بندوية: من المحدثين
And 'Auf ibn Bandawayh, with kasra, and Muhammad ibn Bandawayh: from the traditionists.