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نفر

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of moving away, fleeing, or repelling. It also encompasses terms for places and specific objects associated with this movement, such as a trumpet that causes people to flee.

Derived headwords

نَفَرىname
  1. 1.
    Village in Egyptmodern

    A village in Egypt, located in the Qusna district of the island.

النَّفْراويname
  1. 1.
    Attributive namemodern

    An attributive name derived from the village of Nafra, indicating origin.

نَفَرْفَرname
  1. 1.
    Village in Egyptmodern

    A village in Egypt, located in the Gharbia province, similar to quince.

النَّفِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    Trumpetmodern

    A trumpet, commonly used by the general populace. Its sound repels people and hastens them for travel and departure.

نُوفَرname
  1. 1.
    Village in Bukharamodern

    A village in Bukhara, from which originated Elias ibn Muhammad ibn Isa al-Nawfari, the orator.

النَّوْفَريname
  1. 1.
    Attributive namemodern

    An attributive name derived from the village of Nawfar, indicating origin.

Parallel reading

ونفرى، محركة: قرية بمصر من أعمال جزيرة قويسنا
And Nafra, with a fatha on the nun and sukun on the fa, is a village in Egypt from the districts of the island of Qusna.
ومنها شيخنا الإمام المحدث الفقيه أبو النجاء سالم بن أحمد النفراوي الضرير المالكي المتوفى سنة عن سن عالية
And from it is our Sheikh, the Imam, the Hadith scholar, the jurist Abu al-Naja Salim ibn Ahmad al-Nafrawi, the blind Maliki, who died at a high age.
أخذ عن عمه الشهاب أحمد بن غانم النفراوي شارح الرسالة وغيره
He took knowledge from his uncle, al-Shihab Ahmad ibn Ghanim al-Nafrawi, the commentator of the Risala, and others.
ونفرفر. كسفرجل: قرية بمصر من أعمال الغربية
And Narfarfar, like safarjal (quince), is a village in Egypt from the districts of Gharbia.
والنفير، كأمير: البوق، وهو من استعمال العامة، لأن ضربه ينفر الناس ويعجلهم للسفر والرحيل
And al-Nafir, like amir, is the trumpet, and it is from the usage of the common people, because its sound repels people and hastens them for travel and departure.
ونوفر، كجوهر، من قرى بخارى
And Nawfar, like jawhar (essence), is from the villages of Bukhara.
منها إلياس بن محمد بن عيسى النوفري أبو المظفر الخطيب
From it is Ilyas ibn Muhammad ibn Isa al-Nawfari, Abu al-Muzaffar the orator.