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بحتر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes shortness and stockiness in build. It also appears as a proper name, specifically an ancestor of the Tayy tribe.

Derived headwords

البحترnoun
  1. 1.
    short and stocky personboth

    A person who is short and has a compact, well-built physique.

الحبترnoun
  1. 1.
    short and stocky personclassical

    A person who is short and has a compact, well-built physique. This is an inversion of 'al-Buḥtar'.

بحترname
  1. 1.
    ancestor of Tayyclassical

    The name of an ancestor of the Tayy tribe, son of 'Utūd.

Parallel reading

البحتر بالضم: القصير المجتمع الخلق.
Al-Buḥtar (with dammah) means short and compact in build.
وكذلك الحبتر بالفتح، وهو مقلوب منه.
And likewise al-Ḥabtar (with fatha), which is an inversion of it (al-Buḥtar).
وبحتر: أبوحى من طيئ
And Buḥtar: an ancestor of the Tayy tribe.
وهو بحتر ابن عتود بن عنين بن سلامان بن ثعل بن عمرو ابن الغوث بن جلهمة بن طيئ بن أدد.
And he is Buḥtar son of 'Utūd son of 'Unayn son of Salāmān son of Tha'l son of 'Amr son of al-Ghawth son of Jalamah son of Tayy son of Add.