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م ق د ش

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a specific geographical location, a large city situated between the Zanj and Abyssinia, on the borders of India. It is also used to derive nisbas (adjectival nouns indicating origin) for people from this city.

Derived headwords

مَقْدَشُوname
  1. 1.
    Maqdashuclassical

    A large city located between the lands of the Zanj and Abyssinia, on the frontiers of India. This is the primary meaning associated with the root.

مَقْدَشَاname
  1. 1.
    Maqdashāclassical

    An alternative pronunciation or form of Maqdashu, the city.

المَقْدَشِيّname
  1. 1.
    Al-Maqdishīclassical

    An adjectival noun (nisba) indicating origin from the city of Maqdashu.

المَقْدَشَاوِيّname
  1. 1.
    Al-Maqdashāwīclassical

    Another adjectival noun (nisba) indicating origin from the city of Maqdashu, possibly a variant form.

Parallel reading

وهو: د، كبير بين الزنج والحبشة من أطراف بلاد الهند
And it is: D, a large city between the Zanj and Abyssinia, from the borders of the land of India.
منه: الفقيه أبو عبد الله محمد بن علي بن أبي بكر المقدشي
From it: the jurist Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abi Bakr Al-Maqdishī.
ويقال فيه المقدشاوي
And he is also called Al-Maqdashāwī.
حدثنا عن ابن الدخميسي
He narrated to us from Ibn Al-Dukhmaysī.
وأبو علي الحسن بن عيسى بن مفلح، العامري المقدشي اليمني
And Abu Ali Al-Hasan ibn Isa ibn Muflih, Al-Amirī Al-Maqdishī Al-Yamanī.
كتب عنه الزكي المنذري
Al-Zakī Al-Mundhirī wrote from him.
وأبو عبد الله محمد بن محمد بن أحمد، شمس الدين المقدشي
And Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad, Shams Al-Dīn Al-Maqdishī.
حدث عن ابن عبد الهادي
He narrated from Ibn Abd Al-Hādī.
وعنه الحافظ ابن حجر
And Al-Hāfiz Ibn Hajar narrated from him.
وعاش تسعين سنة
And he lived ninety years.