Yathrib

English

Alternative forms

Yethrib

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يَثْرِب (yaṯrib).

Proper noun

Yathrib

(historical) the original name of Medina before the advent of Islam
- 1976, Muḥammad Ḥusayn Haykal, The Life of Muhammad‎, 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.

Translations

the original name of Medina

Arabic: يَثْرِب (ar) f (yaṯrib)
French: Yathrib (fr)
Portuguese: Iatrebe

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