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Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to be very sparsely attested, primarily referring to specific proper nouns and a rare descriptive term. The main attested meanings relate to dark-skinned female slaves and a place name.

Derived headwords

الصَّهَكُnoun
  1. 1.
    dark-skinned female slavesclassical

    Refers to female slaves who are dark-skinned. This is a rare descriptive term.

صَهَاكname
  1. 1.
    female given nameclassical

    A proper name for a woman.

صَاهَكَname
  1. 1.
    city in Persiaclassical

    A place name, specifically a city located in Persia (modern-day Iran).

Parallel reading

الصهك، بضمتين ويخفف: الجواري السود عن أبي عمرو
Al-ṣahak, with two dammah vowels and lightened: dark-skinned female slaves, according to Abu Amr.
كذا في اللسان
Thus it is in Al-Lisan.
وأهمله الجوهري
And Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال الصاغاني: صهاك، كغراب: من أعلام النساء
And Al-Saghani said: Ṣahāk, like ghurāb: is among the proper names of women.
وصاهك: مدينة بفارس
And Ṣāhak: is a city in Persia.