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صنفر

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of being pure, select, or separated from something. It also extends to terms for a remote or desolate place and a specific lineage or lack thereof.

Derived headwords

الصَّنَافِرnoun
  1. 1.
    the select partclassical

    The pure or select part of anything; the essence or best portion.

صَنَافِرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    select partclassical

    Similar to الصَّنَافِر, referring to the pure or select part of something.

  2. 2.
    illegitimate offspringclassical

    A child whose father is unknown or unrecognized.

صِنْفِرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    remote placeclassical

    A remote or desolate part of the earth, a place far from civilization.

الصَّنَافِيرname
  1. 1.
    village namemodern

    A proper noun referring to a village located in the Qalyubia region.

الصَّنَافِيرِيّname
  1. 1.
    nisba namemodern

    A nisba (adjective derived from a place name) indicating origin from the village of Al-Sanafir.

Parallel reading

الصنافر، بالضم: الصرف من كل شيء
Al-Sanafir (with dammah): the pure/select part of everything.
كالصنافرة
Like Al-Sanafirah.
ولد صنافرة: لا يعرف له أب
A child of Sanfara: his father is unknown to him.
ألحقه الله بصنافرة
May God attach him to Sanfara.
أي منقطع الأرض بالخافق
Meaning a remote part of the earth in the direction of Al-Khafiq.
الصنافير، بالفتح: قرية من القليوبية
Al-Sanafir (with fatha): a village from Al-Qalyubia.
وقد دخلتها مرارا
And I have entered it several times.
وذكرها الحافظ ابن حجر في الدرر الكامنة في ترجمة ولي الله تعالى الشيخ يحيى الصنافيري
And Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar mentioned it in Al-Durar Al-Kamina in the biography of the saint of God, Sheikh Yahya Al-Sanafiri.