Etymograph

English

Yathrib

Yathrib comes from Arabic يَثْرِب.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentيَثْرِبyaṯrib
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1976Yathrib

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentيَثْرِبyaṯrib
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1976Yathrib

Earliest quotation: 1976, Muḥammad Ḥusayn Haykal, The Life of Muhammad: “Muhammad did not have to wait more than a…”

Today it means

name the original name of Medina before the advent of Islam

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic يَثْرِب / Yathrib