برقوه

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This entry primarily discusses a place name, Abraqūh, and its Persian etymology. It details its geographical location, characteristics, and notable individuals associated with it. The root itself does not appear to have broader semantic extensions beyond this toponym.

Derived headwords

أبرقوهname

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Abraqūh (place name)both
A place name, likely a Persian loanword, referring to a specific region or town. It is described as being in Persia, near Istakhr, close to Yazd.

بركوهname

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Barkūh (Persian word)classical
The Persian word from which Abraqūh is derived, meaning 'region of the mountain' or 'side of the mountain'.

وركوهname

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Warkūh (Persian word)classical
Another Persian pronunciation or variant of the word meaning 'above the mountain'.

الأبرقوهيname

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Al-Abraqūhī (nisba)both
A nisba (adjectival suffix indicating origin or affiliation) referring to someone from or associated with the place Abraqūh.

Parallel reading

وهو (معرب بركوه) بكسر الراء، (أي ناحية الجبل)

And it is (a Persianized form of Barkūh) with a kasra on the ra, (meaning the region of the mountain).

وأهل فارس يسمونها وركوه، ومعناه فوق الجبل

And the people of Persia call it Warkūh, and its meaning is 'above the mountain'.

وهو (د) مشهور (بفارس) من كورة اصطخر قرب يزد

And it is a famous (place) in Persia, from the district of Istakhr, near Yazd.

أبرقوه آخر حدود فارس بينها وبين يزد ثلاثة فراسخ أو أربعة

Abraqūh is the last of the borders of Persia, with three or four parasangs between it and Yazd.

خصبة رخيصة الأسعار، كثيرة الزحمة، مشتبكة البناء قرعاء ليس حولها شجر ولا بساتين إلا ما بعد عنها

Fertile, cheap in prices, crowded, densely built, barren, with no trees or gardens around it except what is distant from it.

وبها تل عظيم من الرماد يزعم أهلها أنها نار إبراهيم التي جعلت عليه بردا وسلاما

And in it is a great mound of ash, whose inhabitants claim it is the fire of Abraham which was made cool and safe for him.

منه أبو القاسم علي بن أحمد الأبرقوهي الوزير بهاء الدولة بن عضد الدولة بن بويه

Among them is Abu al-Qasim Ali bin Ahmad Al-Abraqūhī, the vizier Bahā' al-Dawla bin 'Aḍud al-Dawla bin Būyah.

ومن ذكر أبو سعد أبرقوه قرية أخرى بنواحي أصفهان على عشرين فرسخا

And Abu Sa'd mentioned Abraqūh as another village in the vicinity of Isfahan, twenty parasangs away.

ونسب إليها أبا الحسن هبة الله بن الحسن بن فهد الأبرقوهي الفقيه

And he attributed to it Abu al-Hasan Hibat Allah bin al-Hasan bin Fahd Al-Abraqūhī the jurist.

أبرقوه أيضا: ة على ست مراحل من نيسابور

Abraqūh also: a village six stages from Nishapur.

من أبرقويه إلى زاذويه، ثم إلى زيكن، ثم إلى استلست، ثم إلى ترشيش، ثم إلى نيسابور

From Abraqūh to Zādhūyah, then to Zīkan, then to Istalast, then to Tarshīsh, then to Nishapur.