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بردزب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This entry discusses the Arabic root 'بردزب', which is noted as being of Persian origin. It primarily appears as a proper noun, specifically as a surname or ancestral name, linked to the famous hadith scholar Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari. The root's meaning is explained as 'farmers' in Persian.

Derived headwords

بَرْدَزْبَهname
  1. 1.
    surnameclassical

    A surname or ancestral name, notably associated with the family of Imam Bukhari.

بُرْدُزْبِيّname
  1. 1.
    descendantclassical

    A person attributed to the lineage or family of 'Bardazb', often through a patronymic relationship (nisba).

Parallel reading

أهمله الجماعة
The group neglected it.
وهو (بفتح الباء) مع سكون الراء (وكسر الدال المهملة وسكون الزاي وفتح الباء) الموحدة بعدها هاء
And it is (with fath on the ba, sukun on the ra, kasra on the unpointed dal, sukun on the za, and fath on the initial ba) followed by ha.
هذا هو المشهور في الضبط
This is the famous way of vocalizing it.
وبه جزم ابن ماكولا
And Ibn Makula confirmed it.
إمام المحدثين محمد بن إسماعيل بن إبراهيم بن المغيرة بن بردزبه الجعفي (البخاري)
The Imam of the Hadith scholars, Muhammad ibn Ismail ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Mughira ibn Bardazb al-Jafari (al-Bukhari).
كان فارسيا على دين قومه ثم أسلم ولده المغيرة على يد اليمان الجعفي
He was Persian, following the religion of his people, then his son al-Mughira embraced Islam at the hands of al-Yaman al-Jafari.
فنسب إليه نسبة ولاء
So he was attributed to him by a lineage of patronage (walaa).
وأما إبراهيم بن المغيرة فلم أقف على شيء من أخباره
As for Ibrahim ibn al-Mughira, I have not come across anything of his biography.
وأما والد البخاري فقد ذكرت له ترجمة في كتاب الثقات لابن حبان
As for the father of al-Bukhari, a biography for him has been mentioned in Ibn Hibban's book 'Al-Thiqat'.
فقال في الطبقة الرابعة: إسماعيل بن إبراهيم والد البخاري يروى عن حماد بن زيد ومالك
He said in the fourth class: Ismail ibn Ibrahim, the father of al-Bukhari, narrates from Hammad ibn Zayd and Malik.
وروى عنه العراقيون
And the people of Iraq narrated from him.
وترجمه الذهبي في تاريخ الإسلام
And al-Dhahabi mentioned his biography in 'Tarikh al-Islam'.
وهي كلمة (فارسية معناها الزراع)
And it is a word (Persian, meaning 'farmers').
كذا يقوله أهل بخارا
This is what the people of Bukhara say.
قلت: ولعله من الفارسية المهجورة الغير درية
I say: And perhaps it is from an abandoned, non-understood Persian.