Source for etymology of Idribuhunna This is in the article right now Whilst several Muslim scholars contest that the meaning of the word transcribed as i rib hunna as ambiguous grammatically it is not The Quran is grammatically very specific leaving little room for interpretation on this occasion It is the plural imperative of the form 1 of the root and as such means hit or beat The prefix indicates the imperative command is the root the suffix the plural of the command and finally which is the third person female plural or in layman s terms them In sum beat them I m not sure what form 1 refers to as a native Arabic speaker the etymology comes from which as explained could mean many things not just to beat them While generally this is how the word is interpreted some terms from the source are still used in Arabic from taxes dhara ib to stock trading mudharaba kindly provide a source or else let s delete the para as false and unhelpful