Yazan
يَزَن
Say it YA-zan
A place in Yemen
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- y-z-n
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Yazan, Yazen
Meaning & source
A place in Yemen: Lisān, “Dhū Yazan: one of the kings of Ḥimyar”, and “Yazan is the name of a place in Yemen” to which Dhū Yazan, “lord of Yazan”, belonged.
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ذُو يَزَنَ: مَلكٌ مِنْ مُلُوكِ حِمْير تُنْسَبُ إِلَيْهِ الرماحُ اليَزَنِيَّةُ، قَالَ: ويَزَنُ اسْمُ مَوْضِعٍ بِالْيَمَنِ أُضيف إِلَيْهِ ذُو، وَمِثْلُهُ ذُو رُعَيْنٍ وَذُو جَدَنٍ أَي صَاحِبُ رُعَيْنٍ وَصَاحِبُ جَدَن، وَهُمَا قَصْرَانِ
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.