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ءناهيذ

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root entry is very brief and appears to be a single, possibly non-Arabic, word for a flower. It is noted as potentially being Persian and not Arabized, and if it uses a 'dal' (د), it would not be relevant to Arabic vocabulary.

Derived headwords

أناهيذnoun
  1. 1.
    flowerclassical

    A name for a flower, as reported by Ibn 'Abbad.

  2. 2.
    Persian wordclassical

    A word of Persian origin that has not been Arabized.

Parallel reading

أناهيذ: اسم الزهرة، عن ابن عباد، أو فارسي غير معرب، وبالدال، فلا مدخل له حينئذ في الكلام.
Anahidh: The name of a flower, according to Ibn 'Abbad, or Persian and not Arabized. And with a dal, it has no place in speech at that time.