الأساورة

Arabic

proper noun
Definitions
  • a group settled in early Islamic Basra composed of a faction of Sassanian Persian noble cavalrymen and their descendants

Etymology

Derived from Middle Persian ʾswbʾl (horseman).

Origin

Middle Persian

ʾswbʾl

Gloss

horseman

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