جَوْهَرٌ
Root: جهر
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جَوْهَرٌ
a word of well-known meaning, [a coll. gen. n., Jewels; precious stones; gems; pearls: any kind of jewel, precious stone, or gem: and also applied (as in the T, M, Mgh, Msb, and K, voce تِبْرٌ, q. v.,) to native ore:] any stone from which is extracted, or elicited, anything by which one may profit: n. un. with ة: [pl. جَوَاهِرُ:] it is of the measure فَوْعَلُ, and is from الجَهْرُ signifying a thing's “ becoming exceedingly plain to be perceived by the sense of sight: ” or it is of Persian origin, arabicized, [from گَوْهَرْ,] accord. to most persons.
2 جَوْهَرُ سَيْفٍ The diversified wavy marks, streaks, or grain, of a sword; syn. فِرِنْدٌ. (T and K voce فِرِنْدٌ.]
3 جَوْهَرُ شَىْءٍ [The essence of a thing; or that whereby a thing is what it is; the substance of a thing: the constituent of a thing; the material part thereof;] that upon which the natural con-
4 [Hence, الجَوْهَرُ الفَرْدُ
5 In the conventional language of scholastic theology, جَوْهَرٌ signifies
def.2 See also جَهْوَرٌ.
2 جَوْهَرُ سَيْفٍ The diversified wavy marks, streaks, or grain, of a sword; syn. فِرِنْدٌ. (T and K voce فِرِنْدٌ.]
3 جَوْهَرُ شَىْءٍ [The essence of a thing; or that whereby a thing is what it is; the substance of a thing: the constituent of a thing; the material part thereof;] that upon which the natural con-
4 [Hence, الجَوْهَرُ الفَرْدُ
5 In the conventional language of scholastic theology, جَوْهَرٌ signifies
def.2 See also جَهْوَرٌ.
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