Quranic root
نبز
n · b · z
The root centers on giving or using a byname or epithet, often one carrying reproachful force; in reciprocal usage it denotes reproachful naming between people.
The supplied lexical range extends from naming someone by a byname or nickname to reproachful address and reciprocal reviling through such names.
- Lane · entry 43096
- Lane · entry 43098
- Mufradāt · row 1407
- 1
- Quran-attested forms
- 2
- Quran senses
- 1
- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
تَنَابَزَ
tanābaza
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form VI
- Form
- VI
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To call one another by bynames, surnames, or nicknames.
Reciprocal Form VI construction. In the attested Quranic expression with alqāb, the names are treated as reproachful or opprobrious appellations, and the practice is forbidden.
- Lane · entry 43098
- Mufradāt · row 1407
Selected Quran examples
Quran 49:11word 27
“call each other”
To upbraid, reproach, or revile one another.
A reciprocal Form VI use in which the reproach is expressed through calling one another names of reproach.
- Lane · entry 43098
Selected Quran examples
Quran 49:11word 27
“call each other”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 49:11تَنَابَزُوا۟call each other
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 5 Classical meanings
نَبَزَ
To call or name someone by a byname, surname, or nickname.
Form I transitive use; the byname often has the character of a name of reproach or an opprobrious appellation.
- Lane · entry 43096
نَبَزَ
To upbraid or reproach someone.
A Form I use for reproachful address, treated as synonymous or near-synonymous with lamz.
- Lane · entry 43096
نَبَزٌ
A byname, surname, or nickname, usually a name of reproach or an opprobrious appellation.
Plural: anbāz. An alternative terminological usage cited in the lexical discussion applies the term to a proper personal name, contrasted with a generic name.
- Lane · entry 43099
نَبِزٌ
Ignoble or mean in character, standing, or claims to respect.
Describes meanness in a person’s grounds for claiming respect, rank or quality, or natural disposition.
- Lane · entry 43100
نُبَزَةٌ
One much accustomed to call others by bynames, surnames, or nicknames.
A descriptive term for habitual or frequent bynaming.
- Lane · entry 43101
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The public headword is normalized to the Form VI perfect تَنَابَزَ, while the supplied Quran occurrence is an imperfect plural form.
The supplied Mufradat evidence emphasizes byname-giving, whereas the Lane Quran discussion also records reproachful or reviling interpretation; these related Quranic uses are retained as separate senses.
No matched Maqayis entry was supplied, so the root idea is based on the direct Lane and Mufradat evidence.