بَصْرِيٌّ Al-Basri in Arabic
بَصْرِيٌّ is how you say “Al-Basri” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وقد قال الحسن البصري
And Al-Hasan Al-Basri said:
البَصْرِيُّ Al-Basri
This is a belonging-adjective formed from a place name, meaning 'the one from Basra', built by adding a special ending that turns a place into a descriptor. It follows and describes the name before it, matching it in definiteness and in the subject case.
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More example sentences
هو الحسن بن أبي الحسن البصري
He is Al-Hasan, son of Abu al-Hasan al-Basri.
البَصْرِيُّ al-Basri
This is a place-derived descriptive name, 'the Basran', describing the man and agreeing with him in being definite. The 'the' and the -i ending together mark it as a belonging-to-Basra adjective used as part of his name.