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نقنة

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to be primarily used as a proper noun, specifically referring to a place or a lineage associated with a place. The derived terms are mostly nisbas (adjectival or noun forms indicating origin or affiliation) to a place called Nuqnah or Nuqan.

Derived headwords

نُقْنَةname
  1. 1.
    Ancestor of Abu Ja'farclassical

    The father of Abu Ja'far, Ahmad, who was a minister of state for the Alawids in Al-Andalus, belonging to the Banu Hammud.

نُوقَانname
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    A place name, likely a town or region, from which the following individuals derive their nisba.

النُوقَانِيُّونname
  1. 1.
    People from Nuqanclassical

    A plural nisba referring to scholars and jurists who are affiliated with the place called Nuqan.

النُّوقَانِيُّname
  1. 1.
    Affiliated with Nuqanclassical

    A singular nisba indicating affiliation with the place Nuqan, used here to describe scholars.

Parallel reading

نقنة، بفتح النون والقاف والنون المشددة: والد أبي جعفر، أحمد وزير دولة العلويين، من بني حمود بالأندلس.
Nuqnah, with fatha on the noon, qaf, and shadda on the second noon: the father of Abu Ja'far, Ahmad, minister of state for the Alawids, from the Banu Hammud in Al-Andalus.
ونوقان، بالضم: د، منه: الفقيه محمد بن أبي علي بن أبي نصر، وأبو المكارم فضل الله ابن الحافظ أبي سعيد، وناصر بن إسماعيل، ومحمد بن المنتصر، وعلي بن ناصر بن محمد الفقهاء النوقانيون.
And Nuqan, with damma: a place. From it are: the jurist Muhammad ibn Abi Ali ibn Abi Nasr, Abu al-Makarim Fadl Allah ibn al-Hafiz Abi Said, Nasir ibn Ismail, Muhammad ibn al-Muntashir, and Ali ibn Nasir ibn Muhammad, the jurists, the Nuqaniyyun.