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عفرز

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root entry is exceptionally brief and appears to be an outlier. It focuses on a single, obscure proper noun, 'عفرزان', which is identified as the name of a specific effeminate man from Basra. The entry discusses its etymological form and mentions its omission by major lexicographers.

Derived headwords

عَفْرَزَانname
  1. 1.
    effeminate man's nameclassical

    A proper name for an effeminate man who was known to be in Basra. The entry specifies the pronunciation and provides a poetic example.

Parallel reading

عَفْرَزَان، بفتح العين والفاء والراء المشددة
ʿAfrazān, with fathah on the 'ayn, the fa', and the stressed ra'.
وهو اسم مخنث كان بالبصرة
It is the name of an effeminate man who was in Basra.
عجبنا يا بني عدس بن زيد ... لبسطام شبيه عفرزان
We are amazed, O sons of ʿAdas ibn Zayd... by Bisṭām, who resembles ʿAfrazān.
هو بسطام بن ضرار بن القعقاع بن معبد بن زرارة
He is Bisṭām ibn Ḍirār ibn al-Qaʿqāʿ ibn Maʿbad ibn Zurārah.
وقد أهمله الجوهري
And al-Jawharī omitted it.
وقد أهمله صاحب اللسان أيضا
And the author of al-Lisān also omitted it.