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أَزْهَرُ

Root: زهر

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أَزْهَرُ Shining; giving light; bright. Hence, الأَزْهَرُ The moon. And الأَزْهَرَانِ The sun and the moon.
2 White; and beautiful: or of a bright white colour: or of any shining colour: as also زَاهِرٌ .
3 A man white, or fair, in face: having a bright, or shining, face: having a white, or fair, and bright, or shining, face: a man having a white, or fair, complexion, characteristic of good birth: or of a bright white or fair complexion, with a shining face: or mixed with redness: and زَهْرَآءُ a woman white, or fair, in face: having a bright, or shining, face: having a white, or fair, and bright, or shining, face: of a bright white or fair complexion intermixed with redness.
4 Bright, or shining, applied to an animal and to a plant.
5 Applied also to water [app. as meaning Bright and clear]
6 And i. q. حُوَار [app. a mistranscription for حُوَّارَى, i. e. White, or whitened, applied to flour].
7 A wild bull: and زَهْرَآءُ a wild cow.
8 A white lion.
9 A white ewer or jug, in which wine is made. (TA voce غَرَبٌ.)
10 Milk just drawn.
11 الزَّهْرَآءُ is applied by Ru-beh to The white cloud (سَحَابَة) lightning in the evening.
12 دُرَّةٌ زَهْرَآءُ A white and clear pearl.
13 الزُّهْرُ Three nights of the beginning of the [lunar] month: or so .
14 اليَوْمُ الأَزْهَرُ Friday.
15 الزَّهْرَاوَانِ [The two chapters of the Kur-án entitled] البَقَرَةُ and آلُ عِمْرَانَ.

def.2 A camel parting his legs wide, cropping the trees.
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