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قزن

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to primarily relate to places and potentially a specific action associated with them. The main focus is on the city of Qazvin and its geographical location, with a secondary, less clear, verb form.

Derived headwords

أقزنverb
  1. 1.
    to break its legclassical

    This verb form is mentioned by Ibn al-A'rabi and means to break the leg of something, though it is considered neglected by Al-Jauhari.

قزوينname
  1. 1.
    Qazvinboth

    A city located in the mountainous region of Jabal, described as a frontier town of Daylam, situated between it and Ray, a distance of twenty-seven parasangs.

قزوينيname
  1. 1.
    Qazviniboth

    An adjective or nisba referring to someone from the city of Qazvin.

قزوينكname
  1. 1.
    Qazvinkclassical

    A diminutive form of Qazvin, used by the locals and referring to a place near الدينور (Dinavar).

Parallel reading

أقزن زيد (ساقه: أهمله الجوهري.وقال ابن الأعرابي: أي (كسرها.
Aqzana Zayd (its leg): Al-Jauhari neglected it. Ibn al-A'rabi said: meaning (he broke it.
وقزوين، بكسر الواو: من بلاد الجبل ثغر الديلم بينه وبين الري سبعة وعشرون فرسخا.
And Qazwin, with a kasra on the waw: is from the lands of Jabal, a frontier of Daylam, between it and Ray, twenty-seven parasangs.
منها: أبو محمد عبد الله بن محمد بن جعفر الشافعي، رحمه الله تعالى، له حلقة بمصر، وولي قضاء مصر؛
From it: Abu Muhammad Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Ja'far al-Shafi'i, may God have mercy on him, had a circle in Egypt and was appointed judge of Egypt;
ومنها الإمام الحافظ أبو عبد الله محمد بن يزيد بن ماجه صاحب السنن والتاريخ والتفسير، مات سنة 293،
And from it is Imam Al-Hafiz Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Yazid bin Majah, the author of Al-Sunan, Al-Tarikh, and Al-Tafsir, who died in the year 293;
ومنها: سعيد بن صالح القزويني من مشايخ أبي زرعة.
And from it: Sa'id bin Salih al-Qazvini, from the teachers of Abu Zur'ah.
وقزوينك، بزيادة الكاف، للتصغير عندهم، (ة بالدينور.
And Qazvink, with the addition of the kaf, for diminutiveness among them, (a place) near Dinavar.