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بذغس

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This entry discusses the place name Bāḏġīs, a region near Herat, and its etymology. It is described as a collection of small towns and villages, known for its windiness and pistachio trees, and was possibly the capital of the Hephthalites.

Derived headwords

بَاذْغِيسname
  1. 1.
    Bāḏġīsboth

    A name for numerous small towns and villages in the region of Herat, considered to be of Persian origin, meaning 'the standing of the wind'.

بَادْخِيزname
  1. 1.
    Bādḵīzclassical

    The Persian etymological origin of the name Bāḏġīs, meaning 'the standing of the wind'.

بَوَنname
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    Būnboth

    A town in the region of Bāḏġīs, near Bāmiʾīn, known for its goodness, low prices, and pistachio trees.

بَامِئِينname
  1. 1.
    Bāmiʾīnboth

    A town in the region of Bāḏġīs, near Būn, known for its goodness, low prices, and pistachio trees.

بَاذْغِيسِيّadjective
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    from Bāḏġīsboth

    Relating to or originating from the region of Bāḏġīs.

أحمد بن عمرو الباذغيسي قاضيها — Aḥmad ibn ʿAmr al-Bāḏġīsī, its judge.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري وابن منظور
Al-Jawharī and Ibn Manẓūr omitted it.
وهو بسكون الذال وكسر الغين المعجمتين
It has a sukun on the ḏāl and a kasra on the muʿjamah ġayn.
وبخط الصاغاني الذال مفتوحة
And in al-Ṣāġānī's script, the ḏāl is fatha.
قال: ة، بهراة
He said: 'a town in Herat'.
أنشد الأصمعي لنفسه
Al-Aṣmaʿī recited for himself:
جارية من أعظم المجوس
A slave girl, from the greatest of the Magians,
أبصرتها في بعض طرق السوس
I saw her on some of the roads of Sūs.
جالسة بحضرة الناقوس
Sitting in the presence of the bell,
بسر عين الناظر الجليس
Delighting the eye of the beholder and the companion.
بوجه لاكاب ولا عبوس
With a face that was neither frowning nor scowling,
وهيئة كهيئة العروس
And a form like the form of a bride.
إذا مشت في مرطها المغموس
When she walked in her enveloping garment,
بالمسك والعنبر والوروس
With musk, ambergris, and warūs.
قد فتنت أشياخ باذغيس
She has captivated the elders of Bāḏġīs.
اسم بليدات وقرى كثيرة من أعمال هراة
It is the name of many small towns and villages in the region of Herat.
وهو معرب بادخيز
And it is an Arabized form of Bādḵīz.
وإنما سميت بذلك لكثرة الرياح بها
It was named thus because of the abundance of wind there.
ومعنى بادخيز بالفارسية: قيام الريح
And the meaning of Bādḵīz in Persian is: the standing of the wind.
قصبتها بون وبامئين: بلدتان متقاربتان رأيتهما غير مرة
Its capital cities are Būn and Bāmiʾīn: two close towns that I saw more than once.
وهي ذات خير ورخص
And it is characterized by goodness and low prices.
يكثر فيها شجر الفستق
Pistachio trees are abundant there.
وقيل: إنها كانت دار مملكة الهياطلة
And it was said: it was the seat of the kingdom of the Hephthalites.
وقد نسب إليها جماعة من أهل الذكر
And a group of scholars have been attributed to it.
منهم أحمد بن عمرو الباذغيسي قاضيها
Among them is Aḥmad ibn ʿAmr al-Bāḏġīsī, its judge.
يروي عن ابن عيينة
He narrates from Ibn ʿUyaynah.