Correction: Arabic Family and Relationships Vocabulary Reference
Corrected by Emir Baycan · Full-Stack Developer, Mobile App Builder and Web Platform Founder with expertise in SEO, automation, SaaS, AI visibility, DevOps and scalable digital products
Emir Baycan found something wrong, outdated, or unsupported on this page and proposed a fix. The publisher accepted the correction.
- Role
- Correction
- Publisher
- Evolang
- Topic
- Grammar Guide
- Status
- Accepted
- Date
- 19 July 2026
The exact change
The historian al-Masʿūdī wrote in the 10th century that "to know a man's kunya is to know the heart of his household." The naming practice embodies [...] The pre-Islamic poet Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā said, "Whoever does not honor his descendants, his descendants will not honor him." This proverb embodies
Classical Arab historians recognized the kunya as a marker of a man's standing and household. The naming practice embodies [...] A well-known Arab proverb holds that a family that does not honor its descendants will not be honored by them in turn. This proverb embodies
Why this is better
The quote attributed to the 10th-century historian al-Mas'udi ('to know a man's kunya is to know the heart of his household') cannot be verified in any source about al-Mas'udi's writings, indicating a; The proverb attributed to the pre-Islamic poet Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma ('Whoever does not honor his descendants, his descendants will not honor him') does not match his verifiably famous lines from the M
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