نستر

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a Persian Zoroastrian ascetic. It also denotes a place in Iraq, an island between Damietta and Alexandria, and several locations in Ifriqiya (North Africa), including a city known for its ascetics and another inhabited by a Quraysh tribe.

Derived headwords

نسترname

1.
Zoroastrian asceticclassical
A Persian Zoroastrian ascetic who lived during the time of Khosrow Anushirvan.

النسترنname

1.
Aromatic plantclassical
An aromatic plant, possibly a type of rose or jasmine.

صقعnoun

1.
Regionclassical
A region or area in Iraq.

نستروname

1.
Islandmodern
An island located between Damietta and Alexandria.

منستيرname

1.
City in Ifriqiyamodern
A city in Ifriqiya (North Africa), known as a place for ascetics and recluses.
2.
City in Ifriqiya (Quraysh)modern
Another city in Ifriqiya, inhabited by a tribe from Quraysh, situated six stages from Qayrawan.
3.
City in al-Andalusmodern
A city located in the eastern part of al-Andalus.

Parallel reading

نستر، كجعفر: زاهد فارسي مجوسي، كان في زمن كسرى أنوشروان

Nastar, like Ja'far: a Persian Zoroastrian ascetic, who lived in the time of Khosrow Anushirvan.

وريحان م، كالنسترن

And rayhan, like al-Nastarun.

وكدرهم: صقع بالعراق

And like dirham: a region in Iraq.

ونسترو: جزيرة بين دمياط والإسكندرية

And Nastru: an island between Damietta and Alexandria.

ومنستير، بضم الميم وفتح النون: د بإفريقية، ms0632 معبد الزهاد والمنقطعين

And Manastir, with damma on the mim and fatha on the nun: a city in Ifriqiya, a temple of ascetics and recluses.

ود آخر بإفريقية، أهله قوم من قريش، بينه وبين القيروان ست مراحل

And another city in Ifriqiya, its people are a tribe from Quraysh, six stages between it and Qayrawan.

وع شرقي الأندلس

And in the east of al-Andalus.