Correction: Arabic Family and Relationships Vocabulary Reference
Corrected by Selen Ikbal Uslu · Content Quality Analyst and English Language Specialist
Selen Ikbal Uslu found something wrong, outdated, or unsupported on this page and proposed a fix.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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