ز ر ن ك

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a specific part of a millstone, namely the handle or the wooden piece used to operate it. It also appears in proper names of individuals.

Derived headwords

الزَّرْنُوكnoun

1.
millstone handleclassical
The handle of a millstone, or the wooden piece that the miller grips to turn the millstone.

زرنكname

1.
nameboth
A name, specifically referring to 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Zurank al-Bukhari.

Parallel reading

الزَّرْنُوك، بالضم أهمله الجوهري، وفي العباب: هو يد الرحى

Al-zarnūkh, with damma, was neglected by Al-Jawhari, and in Al-'Abāb: it is the handle of the millstone.

وفي اللسان: الخشبة التي يقبض عليها الطاحن إذا أدار الرحى

And in Al-Lisān: it is the wooden piece that the miller grips when he turns the millstone.

(وكأن رمحك إذ طعنت به العدا ... زرنوك خادمة تسوق حمارا)

(And your spear, when you stabbed the enemies with it... was like a zarnūkh, a servant girl driving a donkey.)

عبد الرحمن بن زرنك البخاري كسمند واسم زرنك حفص

'Abd al-Rahman ibn Zurank al-Bukhari, known as Kasmand, and the name Zurank is Hafs.

وابنه أبو بكر محمد عن علي بن خشرم.

And his son Abu Bakr Muhammad, from Ali ibn Khashram.

وحفيده الحسن بن محمد بن عبد الرحمن عن صالح جزرة وطبقته، مات سنة محدثون بخاريون.

And his grandson Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, from Salih Juzrah and his contemporaries, died in the year [of] Bukhari hadith scholars.

وضبطه الحافظ وغيره من أئمة الأنساب زرنك كجعفر

And Al-Hafiz and other genealogists vocalized it as Zurank, like Ja'far.

والمصنف تبع الصاغاني في وزنه، فلينظر.

And the author followed Al-Sagani in its weight/form, so it should be reviewed.