نَبَزٌ
Root: نبز
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نَبَزٌ
, [or, accord. to the Msb, it seems to be نَبْزٌ, for it is there said to be an Verbal.Noun used as a subst., but this form I have never met with elsewhere,] A by-name; or surname; or nickname; syn. لَقَبٌ; mostly, the latter; i. e., a name of reproach; an opprobrious appellation: but Kh, [makes it, contr. to common usage, to signify a proper name; for he] says, that names are of two kinds; أَسْمَآءُ نَبَزٍ, such as زَيْدٌ and عَمْرُو; and أَسْمَآءُ عَامٍّ, such as فَرَسٌ and رَجُلٌ and the like: pl. أَنْبَازٌ.
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