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بسطم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to be related to names, specifically personal names derived from foreign origins. The primary focus is on the name 'Bistam' and its etymology.

Derived headwords

بِسْطَامname
  1. 1.
    A proper nameboth

    A personal name, specifically mentioned as not being an Arabic name but adopted from Persian kings.

Parallel reading

بِسْطَام: ليس من أسماء العرب.
Bistam: It is not among the names of the Arabs.
وإنما سمى قيس بن مسعود ابنه بسطاما باسم ملك من ملوك فارس
And Qays ibn Mas'ud only named his son Bistam after a king from the kings of Persia
كما سموا قابوس ودختنوس
just as they named [their children] Qabus and Dukhtanus
فعربوه بكسر الباء.
and they Arabized it with a kasra on the ba'.