شهر

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of visibility, prominence, and renown, often associated with something becoming known or apparent. It extends to the celestial body of the moon, the measurement of time (a month), and the act of making something known or drawing attention to it, sometimes with negative connotations of notoriety or exposure.

Derived headwords

الشُّهْرَةnoun

1.
fame, notorietyboth
The state of something appearing in a scandalous manner, leading people to make it known.
2.
clarity, distinctnessclassical
The clarity or distinctness of a matter.

من لبس ثوب شهرة ألبسه الله ثوب مذلة — Whoever wears a garment of notoriety, Allah will clothe him in a garment of humiliation.

شَهِرَverb

1.
to be famous, well-knownboth
To become known or apparent.
2.
to be clear, distinctclassical
To be clear or distinct.

شَهَرَverb

1.
to make famous, publicizeboth
To make something known or public.
2.
to draw attention toboth
To draw attention to something, often in a negative way.

اشْتَهَرَverb

1.
to become famous, renownedboth
To become widely known or famous.
2.
to be well-knownboth
To be recognized or known by many.

لمشتهر بالواديين غريب — A stranger renowned in the two valleys.

تَشْهِيرnoun

1.
publicizing, making knownboth
The act of making something widely known or famous.
2.
disgrace, exposureclassical
The act of exposing someone or something, often to shame.

الشَّاهِرِيَّةnoun

1.
a type of perfumeclassical
A known type of perfume.

تعرض علينا الشاهرية في وقت ليس فيه ميرة — They offer us Al-Shāhiriyyah at a time when there is no provisions.

شَهْرnoun

1.
monthboth
A known period of time, typically thirty days, named because it is marked by the moon.
2.
moonclassical
The moon, so named because of its prominence and appearance.

صوموا الشهر وسره — Fast the month and its secret (beginning and middle).

الأَشْهُرnoun

1.
monthsboth
The plural of month, referring to periods of time.
2.
the moonclassical
The moon, used in a collective sense.

الحج أشهر معلومات — Hajj is in the well-known months.

الشُّهُورnoun

1.
monthsboth
The plural of month, referring to periods of time.

مَشْهُورadjective

1.
famous, well-knownboth
Widely known or recognized.
2.
prominentboth
Standing out or easily noticeable.

ورجل شهير ومشهور: معروف المكان مذكور — And a famous and well-known man: his place is known, his name is mentioned.

مُشْهَرadjective

1.
made famous, publicizedboth
Caused to be known or famous.
2.
prominentclassical
Standing out or easily noticeable.

ورجل مشهور ومشهر — And a man who is famous and made famous.

شَاهِرadjective

1.
drawn, unsheathedboth
A sword that has been drawn or unsheathed.
2.
prominent, conspicuousboth
Standing out or easily noticeable.

خرج شاهرا سيفه راكبا راحلته — He went out with his sword drawn, riding his mount.

مُشَاهَرَةnoun

1.
monthly transactionboth
A transaction or dealing conducted on a monthly basis.
2.
hiring for a monthclassical
The act of hiring someone for a month.

المشاهرة: المعاملة شهرا بشهر — Al-Mushāharah: dealing month by month.

أَشْهَرَverb

1.
to pass a monthboth
To have a month pass over someone or something.
2.
to enter a monthboth
To begin or enter into a month.

أشهر القوم: أتى عليهم شهر — The people passed a month: a month elapsed over them.

وأشهرت المرأة: دخلت في شهر ولادها — And the woman entered her month: she entered the month of her childbirth.

الأَشْهَرnoun

1.
the most famousboth
The most renowned or well-known.

شَهْرَانname

1.
a tribal nameclassical
The name of a tribe from the Khath'am clan.

شِهَارname

1.
a place nameclassical
The name of a location.

ويوم شهار قد ذكرتك ذكر ... — And the day of Shuhār, I remembered you a remembrance...

شَهِيْرَةadjective

1.
large, stout (woman)both
A woman who is large and stout.
2.
wide, spaciousboth
Describing something as wide or spacious.

وامرأة شهيرة: وهي العريضة الضخمة — And a شهيرة woman: meaning large and stout.

الأَشَاهِرnoun

1.
whiteness of narcissusclassical
The white part of the narcissus flower.

الشَّهْرِيَّةnoun

1.
a type of horseclassical
A type of horse, specifically a mule or a crossbreed between a mule and a horse.

شَهَرَ سَيْفَهُverb phrase

1.
to draw one's swordboth
To unsheathe one's sword, typically for combat.

شهر فلان سيفه يشهره شهرا أي سله — So-and-so drew his sword, unsheathing it.

الشُّهُورnoun

1.
scholars, learned peopleclassical
A metaphorical use referring to scholars or learned individuals.

الشهور: العلماء، الواحد شهر — Al-Shuhūr: scholars, the singular is Shahr.

مُشْتَهِرadjective

1.
renowned, famousclassical
Widely known or celebrated.

لمشتهر بالواديين غريب — A stranger renowned in the two valleys.

فَتْق مُشَهَّرnoun phrase

1.
a clear dawnclassical
A dawn that is clearly visible and distinct.

فتق مشهر — A conspicuous dawn.

Parallel reading

الشهرة: ظهور الشيء في شنعة حتى يشهره الناس.

Fame: the appearance of something in a scandalous manner until people make it known.

من لبس ثوب شهرة ألبسه الله ثوب مذلة.

Whoever wears a garment of notoriety, Allah will clothe him in a garment of humiliation.

الشهرة وضوح الأمر، وقد شهره يشهره شهرا وشهرة فاشتهر وشهره تشهيرا واشتهره فاشتهر؛

Fame is the clarity of the matter, and he made it famous, he makes it famous a month and fame, so it became famous, and he made it famous through publicizing, and it became famous;

والشهرة الفضيحة؛

And fame is disgrace;

شهر المليساء: شهر بين الصفرية والشتاء، وهو وقت تنقطع فيه الميرة؛

Shahr al-Malīsāʾ: a month between al-Ṣifriyyah and winter, and it is a time when provisions are cut off;

ورجل شهير ومشهور: معروف المكان مذكور؛

And a famous and well-known man: his place is known, his name is mentioned;

إذا قدمتم علينا شهرنا أحسنكم اسما، فإذا رأيناكم شهرنا أحسنكم وجها، فإذا بلوناكم كان الاختيار.

When you come to us, we will make known the best of you by name, and when we see you, we will make known the best of you by face, and when we test you, the choice will be made.

الشهر: القمر، سمي بذلك لشهرته وظهوره، وقيل: إذا ظهر وقارب الكمال.

The month: the moon, so named because of its fame and appearance, and it is said: when it appears and approaches fullness.

الشهر والأشهر عدد والشهور جماعة.

The month and the months are numbers, and the months are a collection.

والشهر العدد المعروف من الأيام، سمي بذلك لأنه يشهر بالقمر وفيه علامة ابتدائه وانتهائه؛

And the month is the known number of days, so named because it is marked by the moon and in it is the sign of its beginning and end;

سمي الشهر شهرا لشهرته وبيانه؛

The month was named a month because of its fame and clarity;

إنما سمي شهرا لشهرته وذلك أن الناس يشهرون دخوله وخروجه.

It was only named a month because of its fame, and that is because people announce its entry and exit.

صوموا الشهر وسره ؛

Fast the month and its secret;

الشهر الهلال، سمي به لشهرته وظهوره، أراد صوموا أول الشهر وآخره، وقيل: سره وسطه؛

The month is the crescent, named so because of its fame and appearance, meaning fast the beginning of the month and its end, and it is said: its secret is its middle;

الشهر تسع وعشرون ،

The month is twenty-nine,

إنما الشهر، أي أن فائدة ارتقاب الهلال ليلة تسع وعشرين ليعرف نقص الشهر قبله، وإن أريد به الشهر نفسه فتكون اللام فيه للعهد.

The month is only, meaning the benefit of watching the crescent on the night of the twenty-ninth is to know the deficiency of the month before it, and if it is intended to mean the month itself, then the 'al-' is for definiteness.

سئل أي الصوم أفضل بعد شهر رمضان؟ فقال: شهر الله المحرم ؛

He was asked which fasting is best after the month of Ramadan? He said: the month of Allah, Muharram;

شهرا عيد لا ينقصان ؛

Two Eid months do not decrease;

يريد شهر رمضان وذا الحجة أي إن نقص عددهما في الحساب فحكمهما على التمام لئلا تحرج أمته إذا صاموا تسعة وعشرين، أو وقع حجهم خطأ عن التاسع أو العاشر لم يكن عليهم قضاء ولم يقع في نسكهم نقص.

He means Ramadan and Dhu al-Hijjah, meaning if their number is short in calculation, their ruling is complete so that his Ummah is not burdened if they fast twenty-nine, or if their pilgrimage falls incorrectly on the ninth or tenth, they do not have to make it up and no deficiency occurs in their ritual.

وقيل فيه غير ذلك، قال: وهذا أشبه، وقال غيره: سمي شهرا باسم الهلال إذا أهل سمي شهرا.

And other than that was said about it, he said: and this is more likely, and others said: it was named a month by the name of the crescent when it appears, it is named a month.

رأيت الشهر أي رأيت هلاله؛

I saw the month, meaning I saw its crescent;

يرى الشهر قبل الناس وهو نحيل

He sees the moon before the people while he is thin

يسمى القمر شهرا لأنه يشهر به، والجمع أشهر وشهور.

The moon is called a month because it is made known by it, and the plural is 'ashhur' and 'shuhūr'.

شاهر الأجير مشاهرة وشهارا: استأجره للشهر؛

He hired the worker for a month, mushāharah and shihār: he hired him for the month;

المشاهرة: المعاملة شهرا بشهر.

Al-Mushāharah: dealing month by month.

المشاهرة من الشهر: كالمعاومة من العام،

Al-Mushāharah from the month: is like al-Mu'āwamah from the year,

الحج أشهر معلومات ؛

Hajj is in the well-known months;

معناه وقت الحج أشهر معلومات.

Its meaning is the time of Hajj is well-known months.

الأشهر المعلومات من الحج شوال وذو القعدة وعشر من ذي الحجة، وإنما جاز أن يقال أشهر وإنما هما شهران وعشر من ثالث وذلك جائز في الأوقات.

The well-known months of Hajj are Shawwal, Dhu al-Qi'dah, and ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah, and it is permissible to say months even though they are two months and ten days from a third, and this is permissible for times.

واذكروا الله في أيام معدودات فمن تعجل في يومين؛ وإنما يتعجل في يوم ونصف.

And remember Allah during the appointed days. Whoever hastens in two days; and he only hastens in a day and a half.

له اليوم يومان مذ لم أره، وإنما هو يوم وبعض آخر؛

He has today two days since I last saw him, and it is only a day and some other part;

وليس هذا بجائز في غير المواقيت لأن العرب قد تفعل الفعل في أقل من الساعة ثم يوقعونه على اليوم ويقولون: زرته العام، وإنما زاره في يوم منه.

And this is not permissible except for the appointed times because the Arabs may do an action in less than an hour and then attribute it to the day and say: I visited him this year, when he only visited him on a day within it.

أشهر القوم: أتى عليهم شهر،

The people passed a month: a month elapsed over them,

وأشهرت المرأة: دخلت في شهر ولادها،

And the woman entered her month: she entered the month of her childbirth,

أشهرنا مذ لم نلتق أي أتى علينا شهر:

We passed a month since we last met, meaning a month elapsed over us:

ما زلت، مذ أشهر السفار أنظرهم، ... مثل انتظار المضحي راعي الغنم

I have been, since the months of travelers, looking at them, ... like the waiting of the sacrificer, the shepherd

وأشهرنا في هذا المكان: أقمنا فيه شهرا.

And we passed a month in this place: we stayed in it for a month.

وأشهرنا: دخلنا في الشهر.

And we passed a month: we entered into the month.

فإذا انسلخ الأشهر الحرم ؛

And when the forbidden months have passed;

يقال: الأربعة أشهر كانت عشرين من ذي الحجة والمحرم وصفر وشهر ربيع الأول وعشرا من ربيع الآخر، لأن البراءة وقعت في يوم عرفة فكان هذا الوقت ابتداء الأجل،

It is said: the four months were twenty from Dhu al-Hijjah, Muharram, Safar, the month of Rabi' al-Awwal, and ten from Rabi' al-Akhir, because the declaration occurred on the Day of 'Arafah, so this time was the beginning of the term,

ويقال لأيام الخريف في آخر الصيف: الصفرية؛

And the autumn days at the end of summer are called: al-Ṣifriyyah;

وما تتلو السفاسرة الشهور الشهور: العلماء، الواحد شهر.

And what the interpreters of months recite. Al-Shuhūr: scholars, the singular is Shahr.

ولفلان فضيلة اشتهرها الناس.

And so-and-so has a virtue that people have made known.

وشهر فلان سيفه يشهره شهرا أي سله؛

And so-and-so drew his sword, he draws it a month, meaning he unsheathed it;

وشهره: انتضاه فرفعه على الناس؛

And he drew it: he unsheathed it and raised it to the people;

أشاهرون بعدنا السيوفا

Will you draw swords after us

خرج شاهرا سيفه راكبا راحلته ؛

He went out with his sword drawn, riding his mount;

من شهر سيفه ثم وضعه فدمه هدر ،

Whoever draws his sword and then puts it down, his blood is forfeit,

أي من أخرجه من غمده للقتال، وأراد بوضعه ضرب به؛

Meaning whoever draws it from its sheath for fighting, and by putting it down he meant striking with it;

وقد لاح للساري الذي كمل السرى، ... على أخريات الليل، فتق مشهر

And it has appeared to the night traveler who completed his journey, ... at the end of the night, a conspicuous dawn

ليس منا من شهر علينا السلاح.

He is not of us who draws weapons against us.

وامرأة شهيرة: وهي العريضة الضخمة، وأتان شهيرة مثلها.

And a شهيرة woman: meaning large and stout, and a شهيرة female donkey like her.

والأشاهر: بياض النرجس.

And al-Ashāhir: the whiteness of the narcissus.

وامرأة شهيرة وأتان شهيرة: عريضة واسعة.

And a شهيرة woman and a شهيرة female donkey: wide and spacious.

والشهرية: ضرب من البراذين، وهو بين البرذون والمقرف من الخيل؛

And al-Shahrīyyah: a type of mule, and it is between a mule and a horse of mixed breed;

لها سلف يعود بكل ريع، ... حمى الحوزات واشتهر الإفالا

She has a sire who returns with every yield, ... guarding the pastures and the young camels became prominent

واشتهر الإفالا معناه جاء تشبهه، ويعني بالسلف الفحل.

And ishtahara al-ifāl means he came to resemble him, and by al-salaf he means the stallion.

والإفال: صغار الإبل.

And al-ifāl: young camels.

وقد سموا شهرا وشهيرا ومشهورا.

And they have named them Shahr, Shahīr, and Mashhūr.

وشهران: أبو قبيلة من خثعم.

And Shahrān: the father of a tribe from Khath'am.

ويوم شهار قد ذكرتك ذكر ... على دبر مجل، من العيش، نافد

And the day of Shuhār, I remembered you a remembrance ... after a period, of life, that has passed