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ب خ د ق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to refer to a specific type of plant or seed, possibly a medicinal herb. The term is rare and its exact identification is debated among classical lexicographers.

Derived headwords

البَخْدَقnoun
  1. 1.
    a plant/seedclassical

    A plant or seed, specifically identified as 'asfiyūsh' (أسفيوش) by some lexicographers, and later identified as 'bizr quṭūnā' (بزر قطونا).

بَخْدَقother
  1. 1.
    to nameclassical

    The act of naming something, specifically used in the context of identifying the plant 'al-bakhdaq'.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
أخبرنا أبو حاتم قال: سألت أم الهيثم عن الحب الذي يسمى أسفيوش ما اسمه بالعربية
Abu Hatim informed us, saying: I asked Umm al-Haytham about the seed called 'asfiyūsh', what is its Arabic name?
ففكرت ساعة ثم قالت: هذا البخدق
She pondered for an hour, then said: This is 'al-bakhdaq'.
ولم أسمع ذلك من غيرها
And I did not hear that from anyone else.
هذا الحب هو بزر قطونا
This seed is 'bizr quṭūnā'.
البخدق: نبت
'Al-bakhdaq': a plant.
ولم يعرف إلا من أم الهيثم
And it was not known except from Umm al-Haytham.
وابن خالويه ممن أخذ عن ابن دريد
And Ibn Khalaweh was among those who learned from Ibn Duraid.