زهد

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of detachment, abstinence, and renunciation, particularly from worldly desires. It also extends to meanings of scarcity, meagerness, and a lack of generosity or patience.

Derived headwords

زَهَدَverb

1.
to renounceboth
To detach oneself from worldly desires and pleasures, showing indifference to them.
2.
to be frugalboth
To live a simple and abstemious life, avoiding excess.

زُهْدnoun

1.
asceticismboth
The practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
2.
abstinenceboth
The act of refraining from indulging in something, especially worldly pleasures.

زَهَادَةnoun

1.
asceticismboth
A state of renunciation and indifference to worldly matters.

زَهَدَ فيهverb

1.
to renounce itboth
To show indifference or detachment towards something, often worldly possessions or desires.

زَهَدَ في الدنياverb

1.
to renounce the worldboth
To be indifferent to worldly life and its attractions.

زَهَدَ في الدينverb

1.
to be indifferent to religionclassical
To have a lack of interest or concern for religious matters, the opposite of desiring it.

زَهَدَverb

1.
to estimateclassical
To guess or estimate the quantity or value of something.

حَزَرَverb

1.
to estimateclassical
To guess or estimate the quantity or value of something.

خَرَصَverb

1.
to estimateclassical
To guess or estimate the quantity or value of something.

أَزْهَدَهُverb

1.
to make him estimateclassical
To cause someone to guess or estimate the quantity or value of something.

زَكَاةnoun

1.
almsboth
Charitable giving, often a mandatory religious contribution.
2.
purificationboth
The act of purifying or cleansing, often in a spiritual or moral sense.

زَهيدadjective

1.
littleboth
Small in quantity or amount; meager.
2.
narrow-mindedboth
Having a limited or constricted outlook; impatient.
3.
small eaterboth
Someone who eats very little.
4.
narrow valleyclassical
A valley that is constricted or narrow.

زاهِدadjective

1.
asceticboth
Practicing self-denial and abstinence from worldly pleasures.
2.
indifferentboth
Showing a lack of interest or concern.
3.
small eaterboth
Someone who eats very little.

ازْدَهَدَهُverb

1.
to consider it littleclassical
To regard something as insignificant or meager.

تَزْهيدnoun

1.
discouragementboth
The act of dissuading someone from something; the opposite of encouraging.
2.
making stingyclassical
The act of making someone parsimonious or ungenerous.

تَزَاهَدوهverb

1.
to hold him in contemptclassical
To consider someone insignificant or worthless.

زاهِد بن عبد اللهname

1.
Zahid bin Abdullahclassical
A name of a hadith narrator.

أبو الزاهد الموصليname

1.
Abu al-Zahid al-Mawsiliclassical
A name of a hadith narrator.

Parallel reading

زهد فيه، كمنع وسمع وكرم، زهدا وزهادة أو هي في الدنيا، والزهد في الدين: ضد رغب.

He renounced it, like 'man'a', 'sami'a', and 'karuma', with 'zuhdan' and 'zahadatan', or it is indifference in the world, and asceticism in religion is the opposite of desire.

وكمنعه: حزره، وخرصه، كأزهده.

And like 'man'a': he estimated it, he guessed its quantity, like 'azhadahu'.

والزهد، محركة: الزكاة.

And 'al-zuhd', when vocalized, means 'al-zakat' (charity).

والزهيد: القليل، والضيق الخلق، كالزاهد، والقليل الأكل، والوادي الضيق.

And 'al-zahid' means the little, and the narrow-minded, like 'al-zahid', and the one who eats little, and the narrow valley.

وازدهده: عده قليلا.

And 'azdhadahu': he considered it little.

والتزهيد فيه، وعنه: ضد الترغيب، والتبخيل.

And 'al-tazhid' in it, and from it: is the opposite of encouragement, and making stingy.

وتزاهدوه: احتقروه.

And 'tazahaduhu': they held him in contempt.

وزاهد بن عبد الله، وأبو الزاهد الموصلي: محدثان.

And Zahid bin Abdullah, and Abu al-Zahid al-Mawsili: were hadith narrators.