Yathrib

English

Alternative forms

• Yethrib

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يَثْرِب (yaṯrib).

Proper noun

Yathrib

1. (historical) the original name of Medina before the advent of Islam
   • 1976, Muḥammad Ḥusayn Haykal, The Life of Muhammad‎^[1], 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