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شير

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to relate to specific names or designations, particularly for days of the week in pre-Islamic Arabia. The primary derived term refers to Saturday.

Derived headwords

شِيَارname
  1. 1.
    Saturdayclassical

    The name by which the Arabs in the Jahiliyyah period called the day of Saturday.

Parallel reading

السبت في الجاهلية كانت العرب تسمي يوم السبت شيارا
Saturday in the Jahiliyyah, the Arabs used to call the day of Saturday 'Shiyar'.
وفي التهذيب والشيار يوم السبت
And in Al-Tahdhib, 'Al-Shiyar' is the day of Saturday.