قسورة
Arabic
editEtymology
editThe four possible definitions given were all recorded by Al-Tabari, but most have no supported etymology. In the "lion" sense, the word is claimed to be a borrowing from an Ethiopian language, though it is possible that it is of South Arabian origin and that the extreme southern end of Arabia was conflated with Abyssinia; compare Hobyót ḳaṣ̂áwrət, the plural of ḳáyṣ̂ər (“leopard”).
Noun
editقَسْوَرَة • (qaswara) f
- (Qur'anic hapax) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: lion, hunters, archers, group of men
- See also: Thesaurus:أسد
Usage notes
edit- Modern translations and interpretations almost universally translate this word as “lion”.