زهد

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

The root زهد (z-h-d) primarily concerns abstaining from worldly desires and possessions, leading to a sense of detachment and contentment. It also extends to meanings of scarcity, insignificance, and estimation.

Derived headwords

الزُّهْدُnoun

1.
asceticism, abstinenceboth
Renunciation of worldly desires and pleasures, especially in religious contexts. It is the opposite of eagerness and greed for worldly possessions.
2.
detachmentboth
A state of indifference or lack of interest in worldly matters.

الزَّهَادَةُnoun

1.
abstinence, renunciationboth
The act of abstaining from things, the opposite of desire.

زَهَدَverb

1.
to be ascetic, to abstainboth
To renounce worldly desires and live ascetically, particularly in religious devotion.
2.
to be indifferent toboth
To show no interest or desire for something.

يَزْهَدُverb

1.
to be ascetic, to abstainboth
Present tense of 'zuhida', indicating the ongoing action of renouncing worldly desires.
2.
to be indifferent toboth
Present tense of 'zuhida', indicating the ongoing action of showing no interest.

زَهْدًاnoun

1.
abstinence, asceticismboth
A masdar (verbal noun) denoting the act or state of being ascetic or abstaining from worldly things.

زَهَدَةًnoun

1.
abstinence, asceticismboth
A masdar (verbal noun) denoting the act or state of being ascetic or abstaining from worldly things.

زَاهِدٌadjective

1.
ascetic, abstinentboth
One who practices asceticism and abstains from worldly desires.
2.
indifferentboth
Showing no interest or desire.

زُهَّادٌnoun

1.
ascetics, abstinent peopleboth
Plural of 'zahid', referring to a group of people who practice asceticism.

تَزَهَّدَverb

1.
to act ascetically, to pretend to be asceticboth
To engage in acts of asceticism, sometimes implying a show or pretense of piety.
2.
to despise, to belittleboth
To consider something insignificant or worthless.

تَزْهِيدٌnoun

1.
discouragement, dissuasionboth
The act of discouraging someone from something, the opposite of encouraging.

زَهَّدَهُverb

1.
to make someone indifferentboth
To cause someone to become detached or uninterested in something.

زَهِيْدٌadjective

1.
small, little, meagerboth
Describing something as small in quantity or amount.
2.
insignificant, contemptibleboth
Describing something as having little value or importance.
3.
stingy, tight-fistedclassical
Describing a person who is reluctant to spend or give money.
4.
small appetiteboth
Describing a person who eats little.

ازْدَهَدَverb

1.
to consider small, to deem meagerboth
To regard something as being small in quantity or value.

مُزْهِدٌadjective

1.
poor, having little wealthboth
Describing someone who possesses little money or property.
2.
having little of somethingboth
Describing something that is scarce or limited in quantity.

إِزْهَادٌnoun

1.
scarcity, meagernessboth
The state of being small in quantity or value, often due to lack of wealth.

زَهَّادُ التِّلاعِnoun

1.
small gullies, ravinesclassical
Refers to the smaller, less significant gullies or ravines.

وَادٍ زَهِيْدٌadjective

1.
narrow valley, shallow valleyclassical
A valley that carries little water or is shallow.

زَهْدَانٌnoun

1.
narrow valleysclassical
Plural of 'wadi zahid', referring to shallow or narrow valleys.

زَهِيْدُ العَيْنِadjective

1.
content with littleboth
A person who is satisfied with small amounts and is not greedy.

زَهَدَ النَّخْلَverb

1.
to estimate the yield of date palmsclassical
To estimate the amount of dates a palm tree will produce, often for taxation or sale.

زَهْدٌnoun

1.
estimation, conjectureclassical
The act of estimating or guessing the quantity or value of something.
2.
zakat (alms)classical
A charitable tax, derived from the idea of giving a small portion.

زَهِيْدُ الخُلُقِadjective

1.
narrow-minded, ill-temperedclassical
Describing someone with a difficult or unpleasant disposition.

Parallel reading

الزهد والزهادة في الدنيا ولا يقال الزهد إلا في الدين خاصة

Asceticism and abstinence are in the world, but asceticism is specifically said only in relation to religion.

والزهد: ضد الرغبة والحرص على الدنيا

And asceticism is the opposite of desire and greed for the world.

والزهادة في الأشياء كلها: ضد الرغبة

And abstinence from all things is the opposite of desire.

فهو زاهد من قوم زهاد

So he is an ascetic from a people of ascetics.

والتزهيد في الشيء وعن الشيء: خلاف الترغيب فيه

And discouraging from a thing or away from a thing is the opposite of encouraging it.

وزَهَّدَهُ في الأمر: رَغَّبَهُ عنه

And he made him indifferent to the matter: he turned him away from it.

هو أن لا يغلب الحلال شكره ولا الحرام صبره

It is that lawful gains do not overcome his gratitude, nor unlawful things his patience.

يقال زهد في الشيء وعن الشيء

It is said to abstain from a thing or away from a thing.

وفلان يتزهد أي يتعبد

And so-and-so practices asceticism, meaning he worships.

اشتروه على زهد فيه

They bought it while they had no desire for it.

والزهيد: الحقير

And the insignificant: the contemptible.

وعطاء زهيد: قليل

And a meager gift: little.

وازدهد العطاء: استقله

And he considered the gift meager: he deemed it small.

يقولون فلان يزدهد عطاء من أعطاه أي يعده زهيدا قليلا

They say so-and-so considers the gift of whoever gives to him as meager, meaning he deems it little.

والمزهد: القليل المال

And the one with little wealth: one who has little money.

أفضل الناس مؤمن مزهد

The best of people is a believer with little wealth.

وشيء زهيد: قليل

And a thing is meager: little.

فلن يتركوها لإزهادها

They will not leave it because of its scarcity.

ليس عليه حساب ولا على مؤمن مزهد

There is no reckoning for him, nor for a believer with little.

فجعل يزهدها أي يقللها

And he began to diminish it, meaning to make it seem small.

إنك لزهيد

Indeed, you are abstinent.

تزاهدوا الحد أي احتقروه وأهانوه ورأوه زهيدا

They considered the prescribed punishment insignificant, meaning they belittled it, insulted it, and saw it as meager.

ورجل مزهد: يزهد في ماله لقلته

And a man with little wealth: he is indifferent to his wealth due to its scarcity.

أزهد الرجل إزهادا إذا كان مزهدا لا يرغب في ماله لقلته

A man becomes poor (mazhad) if he is one with little wealth and does not desire his wealth due to its scarcity.

ورجل زهيد وزاهد: لئيم مزهود فيما عنده

And a man who is meager and ascetic: a base person, indifferent to what he has.

خذ زهد ما يكفيك أي قدر ما يكفيك

Take the amount of what suffices you, meaning the measure of what is enough for you.

وزهدت النخل وزهدته إذا خرصته

And he estimated the date palms, meaning he assessed their yield.

وأرض زهاد: لا تسيل إلا عن مطر كثير

And barren lands: they do not flow except from abundant rain.

الزهد الزكاة، بفتح الهاء، حكاه عن مبتكر البدوي

Asceticism is zakat, with a fatha on the ha, narrated from Mibtakir al-Badawi.

وأصله من القلة لأن زكاة المال أقل شيء فيه

And its origin is from scarcity because zakat on wealth is the least part of it.

رجل زهيد العين إذا كان يقنعه القليل

A man with little desire (zahid al-'ayn) is one who is content with little.

وللبخلة الأولى، لمن كان باخلا، أعف، ومن يبخل يلم ويزهد

And the first stinginess, for the one who is stingy, is more forgiving, and whoever is stingy is blamed and becomes miserly.

وينسب إلى أنه زهيد لئيم

And he is attributed as being base and stingy.

ورجل زهيد وامرأة زهيد: قليلا الطعم

And a man and a woman who are meager: little in their eating.

وهما القليلا الطعم

And they are those who eat little.

وزُهاد التلاع والشعاب: صغارها

And the small gullies and ravines: their smaller ones.

أصابنا مطر أسال زهاد الغرضان

Rain fell on us and flowed through the small ravines.

وواد زهيد: قليل الأخذ من الماء

And a meager valley: one that takes little water.

وزَهيد الأرض: ضيقها لا يخرج منها كثير ماء

And the narrowness of the land: its tightness, from which much water does not exit.

الزهيد من الأودية القليل الأخذ للماء

The meager valley is one that takes little water.

ورجل زهيد: ضيق الخلق، والأنثى زهيدة

And a man who is meager: narrow in disposition, and the female is meager.

امرأة زهيد ضيقة الخلق

A woman who is meager and narrow in disposition.

والزهد: الحزر

And estimation: conjecture.

وزهد النخل يزهده زهدا: خرصه وحزره

And he estimated the date palms, meaning he assessed and conjectured their yield.