سفرن

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to place names and potentially the concept of travel or movement, though the provided text focuses heavily on the etymology of a specific location.

Derived headwords

اِسْفَرَايِينname

1.
Isfara'inboth
A place name, specifically a town in the خراسان region, located halfway between Jurjan and Nishapur.

اِسْبَرَايِينname

1.
Isbara'inclassical
The original form of the place name Isfara'in, according to Abu al-Qasim al-Bayhaqi, derived from Persian words for 'shield' and 'custom'.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري.

Al-Jawhari neglected it.

وهي (بكسر الهمزة) وضبطه ياقوت بفتحها وسكون السين وفتح الفاء، كما ضبطه ياقوت وابن خلكان، وجوز غيرهما فيه الكسر أيضا

And it is (with a kasra on the hamza), and Yaqut vocalized it with a fatha, sukun on the sin, and fatha on the fa, as Yaqut and Ibn Khallikan vocalized it, and others allowed the kasra as well.

وكسر الياء (المثناة التحتية)، وهي لا تهمز على الأصح الأفصح، وجوز بعضهم همزها، وزاد ياقوت ياء أخرى ساكنة، هكذا أسفرايين وهو المشهور المعروف: (د بخراسان)

And a kasra on the ya (the second yāʼ), and it is not hamzated according to the most correct and eloquent opinion, and some allowed its hamzation, and Yaqut added another silent ya, thus Isfara'in, which is the famous and known one: (D in Khurasan).

وقال ياقوت: من نواحي نيسابور على منتصف الطريق من جرجان.

And Yaqut said: From the regions of Nishapur, on the middle of the road from Jurjan.

قال أبو القاسم البيهقي: أصلها اسبرايين بالباء الموحدة، واسبر بالفارسية هو الترس، وايين هو العادة، فكأنهم عرفوا قديما بحمل التراس فعرفت مدينتهم بذلك

Abu al-Qasim al-Bayhaqi said: Its origin is Isbara'in with the unified ba, and 'isbar' in Persian is the shield, and 'ayin' is the custom, so it is as if they were known in ancient times for carrying shields, and their city became known by that.

وقيل: إنشاء ا

And it was said: founded by