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الهوز

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of creation, people, and a specific geographical region in ancient Persia. It also touches upon historical accounting systems and expressions of death.

Derived headwords

الهوزnoun
  1. 1.
    creationclassical

    The act of creating or the state of being created; the totality of created beings.

  2. 2.
    peopleclassical

    Mankind; the general populace.

الأهوازname
  1. 1.
    Ahwazclassical

    A historical region comprising nine districts (kur) located between Basra and Persia.

هوزother
  1. 1.
    Gematriaclassical

    A system of assigning numerical values to letters for calculation or mystical purposes.

هوزverb
  1. 1.
    to dieclassical

    To cease to live; to pass away.

Parallel reading

الهوز، بالضم: الخلق، والناس تقول: ما في الهوز مثلك، وما أدري أي الهوز هو.
Al-Hawz, with damma: creation, and people say: there is no one like you in creation, and I do not know what creation it is.
والأهواز: تسع كور بين البصرة وفارس، لكل كورة منها اسم، ويجمعهن الأهواز، لا تفرد واحدة منهن بهوز، وهي: رامهرمز، وعسكر مكرم، وتستر، وجنديسابور، وسوس، وسرق، ونهر تيرى، وأيذج، ومناذر.
And Al-Ahwaz: nine districts between Basra and Persia, each district having a name, and Al-Ahwaz encompasses them all. None of them is singled out as Hawz. They are: Ramhormoz, Askar Mukram, Tostar, Jundishapur, Sus, Suraq, Nahr Tirā, Ayadhaj, and Manadhir.
وهوز تهويزا: مات.
And Hawza Tahwiza: he died.
وهوز: حروف وضعت لحساب الجمل.
And Hawz: letters assigned for Gematria calculation.