د ه ل

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of time, specifically a portion of the night, and also refers to a significant city in India. It can also denote something small or insignificant, and in a less common usage, a state of confusion.

Derived headwords

دَهْلnoun

1.
hour, period of timeclassical
A specific duration of time, often referring to a portion of the night.
2.
small amountclassical
Something insignificant or of little value.

مضى دهل من الليل — A period of the night passed.

أَهْمَلَverb

1.
to neglect, ignoreboth
To fail to give proper attention or care to something or someone.

دَاهِلadjective

1.
confused, bewilderedclassical
In a state of confusion or perplexity.

دِهْلَىname

1.
Delhiboth
The name of a major city in India, historically significant and located on a river.

ودهلى، بالكسر: أعظم مدن الهند الإسلامية — And Delhi, with a kasra, is the greatest of the Islamic cities of India.

دِهْلَوِيّadjective

1.
from Delhiboth
Relating to or originating from the city of Delhi.

والنسبة إليها دهلوي ودهلي — And the attribution to it is 'Dahlawi' and 'Dihli'.

دِهْلِيّadjective

1.
from Delhiboth
Relating to or originating from the city of Delhi.

والنسبة إليها دهلوي ودهلي — And the attribution to it is 'Dahlawi' and 'Dihli'.

لا دَهْلparticle

1.
do not fearclassical
An expression used to tell someone not to be afraid.

لا دهل، بالنبطية: معناه: لا تخف — 'La dahl', in Nabataean: its meaning is: do not fear.

دَهْلname

1.
Dahl (name)classical
A personal name, possibly of Nabataean origin.

وكصرد: دهل بن علي بن أحمد بن عبد الله بن دهل العدناني — And like 'usrud': Dahl bin Ali bin Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Dahl Al-Adnani.

أبو دهيلname

1.
Abu Duhaylclassical
A kunya (patronymic) or part of a name, possibly referring to a poet.

وعبد العزيز بن أبي دهيل الخضري — And Abdul Aziz bin Abi Duhayl Al-Khudri.

Parallel reading

وقال ابن الأعرابي: الساعة يقال: مضى دهل من الليل: أي ساعة.

And Ibn Al-A'rabi said: The hour is said: a period of the night has passed: meaning an hour.

وقال ابن السكيت: أي صدر منه، وأنشد: (مضى من الليل دهل وهي واحدة ... كأنها طائر بالدو مذعور)

And Ibn Al-Sukayt said: meaning its beginning. And he recited: (A period of the night passed, and it is one... as if it were a startled bird in the open plain).

قال أبو عمرو: الدهل: الشيء اليسير.

Abu Amr said: 'Ad-dahl': the small thing.

قال ابن الأعرابي: الداهل: المتحير

Ibn Al-A'rabi said: 'Ad-dahil': the bewildered one.

ودهلى، بالكسر: أعظم مدن الهند الإسلامية

And Delhi, with a kasra, is the greatest of the Islamic cities of India.

وقد ذكرها ابن بطوطة في رحلته، وأوسع فيها الكلام.

And Ibn Battuta mentioned it in his travels, and elaborated extensively upon it.

وهي على نهر جار كالنيل.

And it is on a flowing river like the Nile.

والنسبة إليها دهلوي ودهلي

And the attribution to it is 'Dahlawi' and 'Dihli'.

ومن المتأخرين الإمام المحدث أبو محمد عبد الحق بن سيف الدين البخاري الدهلوي، من كبار أئمة الحديث

And among the later scholars is the Imam, the Hadith scholar Abu Muhammad Abdul Haq bin Saifuddin Al-Bukhari Al-Dahlawi, one of the great Imams of Hadith.

شرح المشكاة، عربي وفارسي، ومدارج النبوة فارسي، ترجم فيه المواهب اللدنية، وأخبار الأخيار، وغيرها

He commented on Al-Mashkat, in Arabic and Persian, and on Madarij an-Nubuwwah in Persian, in which he translated Al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyyah, Akhbar al-Akhyar, and others.

قال الليث: لا دهل، بالنبطية: معناه: لا تخف

Al-Layth said: 'La dahl', in Nabataean: its meaning is: do not fear.

وكصرد: دهل بن علي بن أحمد بن عبد الله بن دهل العدناني الحشيبري الغيثي

And like 'usrud': Dahl bin Ali bin Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Dahl Al-Adnani Al-Hashibiri Al-Ghaithi.

وألف حاشية على المنهاج سماها إفادة المحتاج

And he authored a commentary on Al-Minhaj, which he named 'Ifadat al-Muhtaj'.

وعبد العزيز بن أبي دهيل الخضري، كزبير، شاعر

And Abdul Aziz bin Abi Duhayl Al-Khudri, like Zubayr, a poet.