الزنترة

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of tightness, difficulty, and arrogance. It also appears in several proper names, indicating a historical presence and lineage.

Derived headwords

الزِّنْتَرَةnoun

1.
tightness, difficultyclassical
A state of being constricted, narrow, or facing hardship and adversity.
2.
arrogance, swaggerclassical
A manner of walking or behaving with excessive pride and self-importance.

تَزَنْتَرَverb

1.
to swaggerclassical
To walk with a proud, ostentatious, and self-important gait.

زِنْتَرname

1.
a nameboth
A proper name, appearing as part of the lineage of historical figures.

الزِّنْتَرِيّname

1.
الزنتريboth
A nisba (surname) indicating origin or affiliation with someone named Zantar or a place associated with it.

Parallel reading

الزِّنْتَرَة: الضيق والعسر.

Al-zantara: tightness and difficulty.

وتزنتر: تبختر.

And tazantara: to swagger.

ورفاعة بن زنتر كجعفر: صحابي

And Rifa'ah ibn Zantar, like Ja'far: a companion.

ومبشر بن عبد المنذر بن زنتر: بدري قتل يومئذ

And Mubashshir ibn 'Abd al-Mundhir ibn Zantar: a Badr participant who was killed on that day.

وأبو زنتر: جد سعيد بن داود بن أبي زنتر الزنتري

And Abu Zantar: the grandfather of Sa'id ibn Dawud ibn Abi Zantar al-Zantari.

وأحمد بن مسعود الزنتري: محدث

And Ahmad ibn Mas'ud al-Zantari: a hadith scholar.

وأما محمد بن بشر الزبيري، فوهم فيه ابن نقطة، والصواب، بالباء الموحدة، لأنه من آل الزبير.

As for Muhammad ibn Bishr al-Zubayri, Ibn Nuqta erred in it; the correct reading is with the unpointed ba', because he is from the family of Al-Zubayr.