مَعَاذٌ
Root: عوذ
Full Definition
مَعَاذٌ
A refuge; as also
عِيَاذٌ and
عَوَذٌ (O, K, in both of which it is said to be بِالتَّحْرِيك, but written in the L عَوْذ,) [and
مُسْتَعَاذٌ ]; meaning a place to which one has recourse for protection or preservation: and it also means a time at which one does so: and is also an Verbal.Noun [Hence,] one says, هُوّ
مَعَاذِى, and
, and
, He is my refuge: and
اَللّٰهُ [God is my refuge].
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