بلقس

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root entry primarily discusses the name of Queen Bilqis of Sheba, its etymology, and variations in pronunciation. It also mentions a village in Egypt named Bilqas and a type of bread associated with it.

Derived headwords

بِلْقِسname

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Queen of Shebaboth
The Queen of Sheba, mentioned in the Quran, who ruled over her people. Her name's pronunciation has variations.

بَلْقَسname

1.
Village in Egyptboth
A village located in eastern Egypt. The bread known as 'al-muballaqas' is attributed to this place.

بَلْقَاسname

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Village in Egyptboth
Another village in Egypt, from which the scholar Shihab Ahmad bin Sulaiman bin Ahmad bin Nasrallah al-Balqasi hailed.

المُبَلْقَسadjective

1.
Bread from Bilqasclassical
A type of bread weighing four ritls, named after the village of Bilqas in Egypt. It is said that Prophet Abraham was the first to make it.

البَلْقَاسِيname

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Attributive nameboth
A nisba (attributive name) indicating origin from the village of Balqas in Egypt.

Parallel reading

وهو بالكسر والعامة تفتحها، كما في العباب: ملكة سبأ التي ذكرها الله تعالى في كتابه العزيز

It is with kasra, and the common people pronounce it with fatha, as in Al-Abab: the Queen of Sheba whom Allah Almighty mentioned in His Noble Book.

فقال: إني وجدت امرأة تملكهم

He said: 'Indeed, I found a woman ruling them.'

وقال شيخنا: الكسر بعد التعريب، وأما قبله فبالفتح، وحكاه بعضهم بعده أيضا إبقاء للأصل

And our Sheikh said: The kasra is after Arabization, but before that it is with fatha, and some have narrated it after that as well, preserving the original.

ملكت بعد أبيها الهدهاد

She ruled after her father, Al-Hudhad.

وفي الروض: ملكت بعد ذي الأذعار

And in Al-Rawd: She ruled after Dhu al-Adhaar.

وكانت أمها جنية، واسمها ركانة بنت السكن الذي كان ملك الجن، خطبها الهدهاد منه، فزوجه بها

Her mother was a jinn, and her name was Rukana, daughter of Al-Sakan, who was the king of the jinn. Al-Hudhad proposed to her from him, so he married her to him.

بلقس، بفتح وتشديد فسكون: قرية بشرقي مصر

Bilqas, with fatha, shadda, then sukun: a village in eastern Egypt.

والخبز المبلقس منسوب إلى بلقس، وهي خبزة فيها أربعة أرطال

And the Muballaqas bread is attributed to Bilqas, and it is a loaf weighing four ritls.

أول من اتخذها سيدنا إبراهيم عليه الصلاة والسلام، كذا ورد في الأوليات

The first to make it was our master Abraham, peace be upon him, as it is mentioned in the 'Firsts'.

وبلقاس، بالضم: قرية بمصر

And Balqas, with damma: a village in Egypt.

منها الشهاب أحمد بن سليمان بن أحمد بن نصر الله البلقاسي

From it was Shihab Ahmad bin Sulaiman bin Ahmad bin Nasrallah Al-Balqasi.

سمع الحافظ ابن حجر، ولازم الشمس العناياتي والونائي والشرف السبكي، توفي بمصر في شوال سنة ترجمه الحضرمي

He heard from Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, and he accompanied Al-Shams Al-Inayati, Al-Wana'i, and Al-Sharif Al-Subki. He died in Egypt in Shawwal in the year mentioned by Al-Hadrami.