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غيزان

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to a place name, specifically a town or region called Ghayzan. It is primarily used to derive nisbas (attributive nouns) indicating origin from this place. The root itself does not seem to have a core verbal meaning in common usage.

Derived headwords

غَيْزَانname
  1. 1.
    Ghayzanclassical

    A place name, specifically a town in Bahrayn. It is the origin of the nisba for the hadith scholar Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Musa al-Ghayzani.

الغَيْزَانِيّname
  1. 1.
    al-Ghayzaniclassical

    A nisba (attributive noun) indicating origin from Ghayzan. It is used to identify individuals, such as the hadith scholar Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Musa al-Ghayzani.

Parallel reading

غَيْزَان، بالكسر: ة بهراة
Ghayzan, with a kasra: a town in Bahrayn.
منها محمد بن أحمد بن موسى الغيزاني المحدث
From it (i.e., Ghayzan) is Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Musa al-Ghayzani, the hadith scholar.