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ج ب ش

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of hair, specifically its texture or state, and also includes a proper name and a tribal designation. The primary derived term describes a type of hair or a group of people with shaved heads.

Derived headwords

جَبَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to be curly/ringletedclassical

    The verb جبش (jabasha) describes hair as being curly or having ringlets.

الجَبِيشnoun
  1. 1.
    shaved groupclassical

    A group of people whose heads have been shaved, or a shaved rider.

  2. 2.
    ringleted hairclassical

    Refers to hair that is curly or has ringlets, derived from the verb جبش.

الجُمَيْشnoun
  1. 1.
    shaved groupclassical

    Similar to الجبيش, referring to a group of people with shaved heads.

جَبَاشname
  1. 1.
    proper nameboth

    A proper name, specifically referring to Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Tarkhan ibn Abdullah ibn Jabash, a scholar from Baykand and Balkh.

جَبْشَانnoun
  1. 1.
    tribeclassical

    A designation for a tribe, as noted by Al-Hafiz.

Parallel reading

جبش الشعر يجبشه: حلقة
Hair جبش (jabasha) means it is curly/ringleted.
ومنه الجبيش، كأمير: الركب المحلوق
And from it is al-Jubaysh, like amir: the shaved riders.
كالجميش بالميم
Like al-Jumaysh with a mim.
ومحمد بن علي بن طرخان ابن عبد الله بن جباش، ككتان البيكندي، ثم البلخي: محدث، بل حافظ
And Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Tarkhan ibn Abdullah ibn Jabash, like Kattān of Baykand, then of Balkh: a traditionist, rather a حافظ (hafiz).
جبشان، بالضم: قبيلة
Jubshan, with dammah: a tribe.
هكذا ضبطه الحافظ
This is how Al-Hafiz vocalized it.