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Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to brokering, intermediation, or acting as a go-between, particularly in commercial transactions or in arranging services. It also has a less common association with footwear.

Derived headwords

المبرطشnoun
  1. 1.
    brokerclassical

    A broker, or an intermediary who facilitates transactions between a buyer and a seller.

  2. 2.
    agentclassical

    Someone who hires out animals like camels and donkeys to people for a fee.

مبرطشاnoun
  1. 1.
    brokerclassical

    A broker, or an intermediary who facilitates transactions between a buyer and a seller.

  2. 2.
    agentclassical

    Someone who hires out animals like camels and donkeys to people for a fee.

البرطوشnoun
  1. 1.
    sandalclassical

    A type of sandal or shoe, though its usage is noted as peculiar and possibly colloquial.

Parallel reading

وهو الدلال، أو الساعي بين البائع والمشتري
He is the broker, or the go-between between the seller and the buyer.
كان عمر رضي الله تعالى عنه في الجاهلية مبرطشا
Umar, may God Almighty be pleased with him, used to be a broker in the pre-Islamic era.
أي كان يكتري للناس الإبل والحمير، ويأخذ عليه جعلا
Meaning he used to rent out camels and donkeys to people, and take a fee for it.
أو هو بالسين المهملة، كما ذهب إليه ابن دريد
Or it is with the unpointed 'seen' (sin), as Ibn Duraid opined.
البرطوش، بالضم: اسم النعل
Al-Bartoosh, with dammah: is the name of the sandal.
هكذا يستعمله العوام، ولا أدري كيف ذلك، فلينظر
This is how the common people use it, and I do not know how that is, so it needs further investigation.