Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

الهِلاَلُ

Root: هل

Full Definition

الهِلاَلُ The new moon; or the moon when it is termed هِلاَل: it may be explained as meaning, generally, the moon when near the sun, or moon a little after or before the change.
2 See سَمَا.


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