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العسطوس

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to refer to a specific type of plant resembling bamboo, possibly with a geographical or religious connotation. It might also relate to a term used in a specific context, possibly religious or geographical.

Derived headwords

العسطوسnoun
  1. 1.
    Bamboo-like treeboth

    A tree that resembles bamboo, found in the region of Al-Jazira.

  2. 2.
    Christian leaderclassical

    A term referring to the head of Christians in the Roman context.

Parallel reading

العسطوس، كحلزون أو تشدد سينه: شجرة كالخيزران تكون بالجزيرة، ورأس النصارى بالرومية.
Al-'usṭūs, like ḥalazūn or with a stressed sīn: a tree like bamboo found in Al-Jazira, and the head of Christians in Roman.