Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

بَهْلَةٌ

Root: بهل

Full Definition

بَهْلَةٌ and بُهْلَةٌ A curse: from بَهَلَ النَّاقَةَ in the sense first explained above. You say, عَلَيْهِ بَهْلَةُ ٱللّٰهِ and The curse of God be on him! For another ex., see 3.


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