زهد
Root: زهد
3 entries for this word
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Entry 1
زهد zahada a, zahida a and zahuda u (zuhd) to abstain (في from, also عن, هـ), renounce, abandon, foresake (في s.th., also عن, هـ), withdraw (في, هـ from), refuse to have anything to do with (في, هـ) │ زهد في الدنيا(dunyā) to renounce pleasure in worldly things, become an ascetic, lead a pious, ascetic life II to induce (ه s.o.) to withdraw or abstain (في from); to spoil s.o.’s (ه) pleasure in (في), arouse a dislike (في ه in s.o. for) V to practice asceticism, withdraw from the world X to deem little, insignificant, trifling, small
Entry 2
زهد zuhd (voluntary) renunciation (في of s.th.); jndifference (في to, esp. to worldly things); abstemiousness, abstinence; asceticism │ الزهد في الدنيا (dunyā) asceticism
Entry 3
زهد zāhid pl. زهاد zuhhād abstemious, abstinent, continent, self-denying; ascetic 383
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