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شَهِىٌّ

Root: شهو

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شَهِىٌّ i. q. مُشْتَهًى [i. e. Desired, longed for, or eagerly desired:] or pleasant, delicious, or sweet: applied to food, and to water.
2 [Hence,] أَبُو الشَّهِىِّ The بَرْبَط [or Persian lute].
3 [And Golius adds, as on the authority of a gloss in a copy of the KL, The water-melon .]

def.2 See also شَهْوَانُ.
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