الأساورة

Arabic

Etymology

Plural of اَلْأَسْوَار (al-ʔaswār), from اَلْ (al-) + أَسْوَار (ʔaswār), from Middle Persian ʾswbʾl, ʾsp̄wʾl (aswār, “horseman, rider”).

Proper noun

اَلْأَسَاوِرَة • (al-ʔasāwira) m pl

  1. (historical) a group settled in early Islamic Basra composed of a faction of Sassanian Persian noble cavalrymen and their descendants

Synonyms

  • اَلْأَسَاوِير (al-ʔasāwīr)

See also

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