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غ ن ج ر

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root entry primarily focuses on proper names, specifically nicknames and place names, derived from the root غ ن ج ر. It details individuals who bore the nickname 'Ghanjar' and a village named 'Ghanjir'. The origin of the nickname is linked to the color of the cheeks.

Derived headwords

غُنْجَارname
  1. 1.
    Nicknameclassical

    A nickname given to Abu Ahmad Isa ibn Musa al-Taimi al-Bukhari, a truthful narrator of hadith.

  2. 2.
    Nicknameclassical

    A nickname given to Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Kamil al-Bukhari, the author of the history of Bukhara.

غُنْجِيرname
  1. 1.
    Village nameclassical

    A village located in Sogd, Samarkand, from which the jurist Abu al-Fadl Muhammad ibn Majid ibn Ismah al-Ghanjiri hailed.

Parallel reading

وهو لقب أبي أحمد عيسى بن موسى التيمي مولاهم البخاري، صدو ق، روى عن مالك والسفيانين والليث، وعنه ابن المبارك وآدم بن أبي إياس، ومحمد بن سلام البيكندي، توفي. سنة. وقال إسحاق بن حمزة: سبع وثمانين أو آخر ست وثمانين.
He is the nickname of Abu Ahmad Isa ibn Musa al-Taimi al-Bukhari, truthful, who narrated from Malik, the two Sufyans, and Al-Layth, and from him narrated Ibn al-Mubarak, Adam ibn Abi Iyas, and Muhammad ibn Salam al-Baykandi. He died in the year... And Ishaq ibn Hamza said: eighty-seven or the end of eighty-six.
وقال ابن القراب: بسرخس، وإنما لقب به لحمرة وجنتيه.
And Ibn al-Qarrab said: in Sarakhs, and he was only nicknamed thus due to the redness of his cheeks.
وأبو عبد الله محمد بن أبي بكر أحمد بن محمد بن سليمان ابن كامل البخاري صاحب تاريخ بخارى، وإنما قيل له غنجار لطلبه حديث غنجار المقدم ذكره، حدث عن أبي صالح الخيام وغيره، وعنه أبو المظفر هناد بن إبراهيم النسفي، وتوفى سنة 412.
And Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Kamil al-Bukhari, the author of the history of Bukhara, was called Ghanjar because he sought the hadith of Ghanjar mentioned earlier. He narrated from Abu Salih al-Khayyam and others, and from him narrated Abu al-Muzaffar Hannad ibn Ibrahim al-Nasafi. He died in the year 412.
غنجير، بالفتح: قرية بصغد سمرقند، ومنها أبو الفضل محمد ابن ماجد بن عصمة الفقيه الغنجيري، روى عن أبي أحمد الحاكم وغيره.
Ghanjir, with a fatha: a village in Sogd, Samarkand, and from it was Abu al-Fadl Muhammad ibn Majid ibn Ismah al-Ghanjiri, the jurist, who narrated from Abu Ahmad al-Hakim and others.