Yathrib

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يَثْرِب (yaṯrib).

Proper noun

Yathrib

  1. (historical) the original name of Medina before the advent of Islam
    • 1976, Muḥammad Ḥusayn Haykal, The Life of Muhammad‎[1], The Other Press, →ISBN, page 164:
      Muhammad did not have to wait more than a few years before the first signs of victory began to loom on the horizon, in the direction of Yathrib.

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