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طبرزذ

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root entry discusses the word 'tabarzadh' (sugar), noting its Persian origin and its connection to words related to tools like axes. It explores variations in pronunciation and etymological theories, linking it to the act of carving or cutting.

Derived headwords

الطبرزذnoun
  1. 1.
    sugarboth

    A sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugarcane and sugar beets. It is of Persian origin and is a loanword in Arabic.

تبرزدother
  1. 1.
    original Persian wordclassical

    The original Persian word from which 'tabarzadh' is derived, likely related to carving or cutting.

التبرnoun
  1. 1.
    axeclassical

    A tool with a heavy metal head mounted on a handle, used for chopping wood or as a weapon. In Persian, it refers to an axe.

طبرزنother
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    variant pronunciationclassical

    A variant pronunciation or form of the word 'tabarzadh', mentioned by scholars like Al-Asma'i and Ibn Sikkīt.

طبرزلother
  1. 1.
    variant pronunciationclassical

    Another variant pronunciation or form of the word 'tabarzadh', noted by scholars and discussed in terms of its etymological relationship to other forms.

Parallel reading

الطبرزذ: السكر
Al-tabarzadh: sugar.
فارسي (معرب) وأصله تبرزد
Persian (Arabized) and its origin is tabarzad.
كأنه نحت من نواحيه بالفأس
As if it were carved from its sides with an axe.
والتبر: الفأس: بالفارسية
And al-tabar: the axe: in Persian.
وقال الأصمعي ونقل عن الجوهري: هو طبرزن وطبرزل
Al-Asma'i said and transmitted from Al-Jawhari: it is tabarzan and tabarzal.
بالنون واللام، وذكر الثلاثة ابن السكيت
With the noon and the lam, and Ibn Sikkīt mentioned the three.
قال ابن سيده: وهو مثال لا أعرفه
Ibn Sidah said: And it is a pattern I do not know.
وقال ابن جني: قولهم طبرزل وطبرزن لست بأن تجعل أحدهما أصلا لصاحبه بأولى منك تحمله على ضده، لاستوائهما في الاستعمال
Ibn Jinni said: Your saying tabarzal and tabarzan, you are not more entitled to make one of them an origin for its counterpart than you are to consider the opposite, due to their equality in usage.
وفي شفاء الغليل: طبرزذ وطبرزل وطبرزن، معرب، أصل معناه: ما نحت بالفأس
And in Shifa' al-Ghalil: tabarzadh, tabarzal, and tabarzan, Arabized, its original meaning: what is carved with an axe.
ولذا سميت طبرستان لقطع شجرها
And for this reason, Tabaristan was named for its cutting of trees.
وأبو حفص عمر بن محمد بن طبرزذ، من كبار المحدثين
And Abu Hafs Umar bin Muhammad bin Tabarzadh, from the great traditionists.