زبطر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This entry discusses a place name and a genealogical reference related to the Romans. It appears to be a proper noun with no clear semantic extension.

Derived headwords

زبطرةname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name referring to a location situated between Malatya and Samisat, considered one of the frontiers of the Roman Empire.

قمطرةname

1.
Place nameclassical
An alternative name for the place mentioned above, situated between Malatya and Samisat.

بنتname

1.
Female descendantclassical
The name of a daughter of Al-Yaqn ibn Sam ibn Nuh, who is considered an ancestor of the Romans. The text suggests the place might have been named after her.

Parallel reading

وهو اسم (د، بين ملطية، وسميساط) من ثغور الروم.

And it is the name of a place, between Malatya and Samisat, from the frontiers of the Romans.

وهو اسم (بنت للروم بن اليقن ابن سام بن نوح)

And it is the name of a daughter of Al-Yaqn ibn Sam ibn Nuh,

جد الروم، وهي التي (بنتها) ، هكاذا في سائر الأصول، والصواب بنته، أي فسمي باسمها، هاكذا ذكره

the ancestor of the Romans, and she is the one whose daughter (built it) - this is how it is in all the manuscripts, and the correct reading is 'his daughter', meaning it was named after her, this is how he mentioned it.

ولم يذكر أحد من أئمة النسب في ولد سام اليقن هاذا

And none of the lineage scholars mentioned this Al-Yaqn among the descendants of Sam.

وأما الروم فمن ولد يونان بن يافث، على ما ذكره النمري النسابة، فلينظر.

As for the Romans, they are from the descendants of Yunan ibn Japheth, according to what Al-Numairi the genealogist mentioned, so it should be checked.