خربان

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This entry discusses the word 'Kharban' which is identified as a non-Arabic word, possibly meaning 'donkey keeper'. It appears in the names of several individuals, suggesting it was used as a patronymic or part of a name. The entry also explores a hypothetical linguistic connection to the Arabic root 'kharaba' but dismisses it due to the word's foreign origin.

Derived headwords

خربانname

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Kharbanboth
A name or patronymic, identified as a non-Arabic word.

ابن عبيد اللهname

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Ibn 'Ubayd Allahclassical
A person named Ibn 'Ubayd Allah, mentioned as a narrator.

السري بن سهل بن خربانname

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Al-Sirri ibn Sahl ibn Kharbanclassical
A person named Al-Sirri ibn Sahl ibn Kharban, a scholar from Jandisapur.

القاضي أحمد بن إسحق بن خربانname

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Al-Qadi Ahmad ibn Ishaq ibn Kharbanclassical
A person named Al-Qadi Ahmad ibn Ishaq ibn Kharban, a scholar from Nahavand.

أبو القاسم عبد الله بن محمد بن خربانname

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Abu al-Qasim 'Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Kharbanclassical
A person named Abu al-Qasim 'Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Kharban, mentioned by Ibn Makula.

محمد بن خرب بن خربانname

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Muhammad ibn Kharb ibn Kharbanclassical
A person named Muhammad ibn Kharb ibn Kharban from Wasit, whose narrations are in the Sahihayn.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجماعة.

The group neglected it.

وهو (ابن عبيد الله) الأصبهاني عن حمد بن بكير؛

And he is (Ibn 'Ubayd Allah) Al-Isfahani, from Hammad ibn Bukayr;

والسري بن سهل بن خربان الجنديسابوري شيخ الطستي؛

And Al-Sirri ibn Sahl ibn Kharban Al-Jundisapuri, the shaykh of Al-Tusti;

والقاضي أحمد بن إسحق بن خربان النهاوندي عن ابن داسة وغيره، (محدثون؛

And Al-Qadi Ahmad ibn Ishaq ibn Kharban Al-Nahavandi, from Ibn Dasa and others, (narrators);

والكلمة أعجمية، أي حافظ الحمار

And the word is non-Arabic, meaning 'donkey keeper'.

هو جواب لسؤال مقدر، كأنه قيل: لم لم يكن فعلان من خرب فيذكر حينئذ في الباء؟

It is an answer to a presumed question, as if it were asked: Why wasn't 'Fa'lan' from 'kharaba' mentioned under the letter Ba'?

فأجاب بأن الكلمة أعجمية، فتكون النون من أصل الكلمة؛

So he answered that the word is non-Arabic, and thus the 'nun' is part of the word's origin;

وخر هنا الحمار وبان الحافظ.

And 'kharra' here means the donkey, and 'bana' means the keeper.

وفاته: أبو القاسم عبد الله بن محمد بن خربان عن الهيثم بن سهل، ذكره ابن ماكولا؛

And missed by him: Abu al-Qasim 'Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Kharban, from Al-Haytham ibn Sahl, mentioned by Ibn Makula;

ومحمد بن خرب بن خربان النسائي الواسطي عن يحيى بن زكريا بن أبي زائدة، وعنه الشيخان في صحيحيهما.

And Muhammad ibn Kharb ibn Kharban Al-Nasa'i Al-Wasiti, from Yahya ibn Zakariya ibn Abi Za'ida, and from him the two Shaykhs in their Sahihs.

ومما يستدرك عليه:

And from what is to be added: