History of Papyrus-indicated by Qur'aan
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Root
Words from this Root in the Grand Qur'aan
a) Total occurrences 9
b) No of constructions 6
The basic perception and signification infolded in the Root, in the words of Ibn Faris , is this
. That, this leads us to a perception of extroversion and spaciousness/expansion in an object/thing. Arabs used it to refer to dishes-flat expanded plates which could accommodate food that could satiate five, ten persons; and to places that are made to collect water and remain therein; an act of altering a word or an expression in such a manner that the meaning intended by the application thereof become altered. Thus the signification inherent in Root is alteration, extroversion, expansion for capaciousness wherein things could be placed/stored to remain therein.
The interesting and amazing part, reflective of intellect and factual knowledge of Arabs of the past, is the fact that they employed this Root to refer to Paper/Papyri-scrolls. Neither were they who conceived, manufactured or introduced paper/papyrus in the world, and the method of its production was a closely guarded secret by the Egyptians, where it was a state monopoly. Why did they use this Root to denote and signify paper/papyrus? Because all the above significations are there in the process of manufacture and end product and the objective that it satisfies.
Papyrus/Root