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Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a specific group of people known as the 'Zutt', often described as tall, slender, and sometimes dark-skinned, originating from India or Sindh. It also extends to terms related to their clothing, physical characteristics like jaw structure, and even the buzzing sound of flies.

Derived headwords

الزطnoun

1.
A peopleclassical
A group of people, specifically the Zutt, mentioned in classical texts like Sahih al-Bukhari.
2.
The Zutt peopleclassical
A specific ethnic group, often described as tall, slender, and sometimes dark-skinned, originating from India or Sindh.

زطيnoun

1.
A Zutt personclassical
The singular form of 'Zutt', referring to an individual from this group.

الزطيةnoun

1.
Clothing of the Zuttclassical
Clothing attributed to the Zutt people, possibly a type of garment or fabric.
2.
A Zutt womanclassical
A female belonging to the Zutt people.

الأزطnoun

1.
Straight jawclassical
A description referring to a person with a straight or even jaw.
2.
A type of personclassical
An alternative term for the Zutt people, or a description of someone with a straight jaw.

الأذطnoun

1.
Crooked jawclassical
A description referring to a person with a crooked or deformed jaw.

الأزطnoun

1.
Eunuchclassical
A term for a eunuch, similar to 'Atht'.

الأثطnoun

1.
Eunuchclassical
A term for a eunuch, similar to 'Azat'.

زططnoun

1.
Plural of Azat/Athtclassical
The plural form for 'Azat' and 'Atht', referring to eunuchs.

ثططnoun

1.
Plural of Azat/Athtclassical
The plural form for 'Azat' and 'Atht', referring to eunuchs.

زط الذبابnoun

1.
Buzzing of fliesclassical
The sound made by flies, a buzzing noise.

زطيةadjective

1.
Like a crossclassical
Describing something shaped like a cross, possibly referring to a hairstyle or marking.

Parallel reading

الزط، بالضم: جيل من الناس، كما في الصحاح.

Al-Zutt, with damma: a group of people, as in Al-Sahah.

وقد جاء ذكره في البخاري في صفة موسى عليه السلام كأنه من رجال الزط.

And its mention came in Al-Bukhari in the description of Moses, peace be upon him, as if he were from the men of the Zutt.

فقيل: هم السبابجة: قوم من السند بالبصرة.

It was said: they are the Sabatijah: a people from Sindh in Basra.

وقال القاضي عياض: هم جنس من السودان طوال، ومثله في التوشيح للجلال، وزاد: مع نحافة.

And Qadi Iyad said: they are a race of tall Black people, and similarly in Al-Tawshih by Al-Jalal, who added: with slimness.

ونقل الأزهري عن الليث أنهم: جيل من الهند إليهم تنسب الثياب الزطية، قال: وهو معرب جت بالفتح بالهندية.

Al-Azhari narrated from Al-Layth that they are: a group from India to whom the Zuttiyah clothes are attributed, he said: and it is a Persianized form of 'Jatt' with fatha in Indian.

قال الصاغاني: أما الليث فلم يقل في كتابه هذا، وأما جت، بالهندية فصحيح بفتح الجيم، وكذلك هو مضبوط في نسخة صححها الأزهري، وعليها خطه بفتح الجيم، فتح معربه أيضا

Al-Sagani said: As for Al-Layth, he did not say this in his book, and as for 'Jatt', in Indian it is correct with fatha on the jim, and likewise it is vocalized in a copy corrected by Al-Azhari, and his handwriting is on it with fatha on the jim, so its Persianized form is also with fatha.

الواحد: زطي، كالروم والرومي والزنجي.

The singular: Zutti, like Rumi and Zanj.

وقال ابن دريد: الزط هذا الجيل، وليس بعربي محض، وقد تكلمت به العرب، وأنشد:

And Ibn Duraid said: Al-Zutt are this group, and they are not purely Arab, and the Arabs have spoken with it, and he recited:

فجئنا بحيي وائل وبلفها ... وجاءت تميم زطها والأساور

So we came with the tribes of Wa'il and their allies... and Tamim came with their Zutt and their bracelets.

وقال أبو النجم: (جارية إحدى بنات الزط ... ذات جهاز مضغط ملط)

And Abu Al-Najm said: (A slave girl, one of the daughters of the Zutt... possessing abundant and fine furnishings)

وكان خالد بن عبد الله أعطى أبا النجم جارية من سبي الهند، وله فيها أرجوزة أول ها: علقت خودا من بنات الزط

And Khalid bin Abdullah gave Abu Al-Najm a slave girl from the captives of India, and he has a long poem about her, the beginning of which is: I desired a maiden from the daughters of the Zutt.

والأزط مثل الأذط، وقيل: بل الأزط: المستوي الفك.

And Al-Azat is like Al-Adhat, and it was said: rather Al-Azat: the straight-jawed.

والأذط: المعوج الفك.

And Al-Adhat: the crooked-jawed.

والأزط: الكوسج، كالأثط، وجمعهما زطط وثطط، عن ابن الأعرابي.

And Al-Azat: the eunuch, like Al-Atht, and their plural is Zatat and Thatat, from Ibn Al-A'rabi.

وقال ابن عباد: زط الذباب، أي صوت، كما في العباب.

And Ibn Abbad said: Zatt al-dabab, meaning sound, as in Al-Abab.

حلق فلان رأسه زطية، أي مثل الصليب، كأنه فعل الزط، وقد جاء ذلك في بعض الأخبار.

So-and-so shaved his head 'Zattiyah', meaning like a cross, as if it were the act of the Zutt, and this has come in some reports.