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البوس

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of kissing, with some derivations indicating roughness or mixing. It also appears in proper names.

Derived headwords

البَوْسnoun
  1. 1.
    kissingboth

    The act of kissing, often understood as a form of affection or greeting.

  2. 2.
    Persian loanwordclassical

    A term borrowed from Persian, indicating its origin or influence.

  3. 3.
    mixingclassical

    The act of mingling or blending things together.

بَاسَadjective
  1. 1.
    roughclassical

    Describing something that is coarse, harsh, or not smooth.

البوسيname
  1. 1.
    al-Būsiboth

    A nisba (attribution) indicating origin from a place or lineage named Būs, often associated with scholars or narrators.

الحسن بن عبد الأعلى البوسي الصنعانيname
  1. 1.
    Al-Hasan ibn 'Abd al-A'la al-Busi al-San'aniboth

    A specific individual, identified as a hadith narrator (müḥaddith) from San'a, bearing the al-Busi attribution.

Parallel reading

البوس: التقبيل
Al-Baws: kissing.
فارسي معرب
A Persian loanword.
والخلط
And mixing.
وباس: خشن
And Bās: rough.
والحسن بن عبد الأعلى البوسي الصنعاني: محدث
And Al-Hasan ibn 'Abd al-A'la al-Busi al-San'ani: a hadith narrator.