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طهر

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of purity, cleanliness, and freedom from impurity, both physical and ritual. It extends to notions of chastity, moral integrity, and being unblemished.

Derived headwords

طَهُرَverb
  1. 1.
    to be pureboth

    To be clean, free from physical or ritual impurity.

  2. 2.
    to be chasteclassical

    To be free from sexual impurity or defilement.

طَهَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    to purifyboth

    To make something clean or pure, to cleanse it from impurity.

  2. 2.
    to cleanse rituallyboth

    To perform a ritual purification.

تَطْهِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    purificationboth

    The act or process of making something pure or clean.

  2. 2.
    ritual cleansingboth

    The act of performing a ritual purification.

طُهْرnoun
  1. 1.
    purityboth

    The state of being pure, clean, or unblemished.

  2. 2.
    cleanlinessboth

    The state of being free from dirt or contamination.

  3. 3.
    period of non-menstruationclassical

    The time when a woman is not menstruating, considered a state of ritual purity.

طَهَارَةnoun
  1. 1.
    purityboth

    The state of being pure, clean, or unblemished, often referring to ritual or moral purity.

  2. 2.
    cleanlinessboth

    The state of being free from dirt or contamination.

تَطَهَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    he purified himself with waterboth

    he purified himself with water

طَاهِرadjective
  1. 1.
    clean from menstruationboth

    clean from menstruation

طَهَارَىadjective
  1. 1.
    pureclassical

    A non-standard plural form of 'pure', referring to garments or people.

طَاهِرَةadjective
  1. 1.
    clean from impurity and from defectsboth

    clean from impurity and from defects

طُهُورnoun
  1. 1.
    purifying agentboth

    That which is used for purification, especially water.

  2. 2.
    purificationclassical

    The act of purifying.

مُطَهِّرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a mouth cleanser, on the pattern of 'matrabah'both

    a mouth cleanser, on the pattern of 'matrabah'

مُطَهِّرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a mouth cleanser, on the pattern of 'matrabah'both

    a mouth cleanser, on the pattern of 'matrabah'

مَطَاهِرnoun
  1. 1.
    purifying instrumentsclassical

    Plural of 'mutahhirah', implements used for purification.

Parallel reading

طهر الشئ وطهر أيضا بالضم، طهارة فيهما.
The thing was pure, and it was also pure (with dammah), purity in both cases.
والاسم الطهر.
And the noun is 'tuhr'.
وطهرته أنا تطهيرا.
And I purified it thoroughly.
وتطهرت بالماء،
And I purified myself with water,
وهم قوم يتطهرون، أي يتنزهون من الادناس.
And they are a people who purify themselves, meaning they abstain from impurities.
ورجل طاهر الثياب، أي متنزه.
And a man with pure clothes, meaning abstaining (from impurity).
وثياب طهارى، على غير قياس، كأنهم جمعوا طهران.
And garments 'taharah', which is irregular, as if they collected 'tahran'.
ثياب بني عوف طهارى نقية
The garments of Banu 'Awf are pure and clean
والطهر: نقيض الحيض.
And 'al-tuhr' is the opposite of menstruation.
والمرأة طاهر من الحيض، وطاهرة من النجاسة ومن العيوب.
And the woman is pure from menstruation, and pure from impurity and from defects.
والطهور: ما يتطهر به، كالفطور والسحور والوقود.
And 'al-tahur' is that by which one purifies oneself, like 'al-futur', 'al-suhur', and 'al-wuqud'.
وأنزلنا من السماء ماء طهورا
And We sent down from the sky pure water
والمطهرة والمطهرة: الاداوة، والفتح أعلى، والجمع المطاهر.
And 'al-mutahhirah' and 'al-mutahhirah': the implement, and the fatha is preferred, and the plural is 'al-matahir'.
ويقال: السواك مطهرة للفم.
And it is said: The siwak is a purifier for the mouth.