زهو

• IPA^(key): /zahw/

زَهْو • (zahw) m

1. verbal noun of زَهَا (zahā) (form I)
   1. bloom, florescence
   2. date which begins to redden and ripen
      • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 36:54:

        نَهَى رَسُولُ ٱللّٰهِ صَلَّى ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الدُّبَّاءِ وَٱلْحَنْتَمِ وَٱلْمُزَفَّتِ وَٱلنَّقِيرِ وَأَنْ يُخْلَطَ الْبَلَحُ بِالزَّهْوِ.‏

        nahā rasūlu llāhi ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama ʕani d-dubbāʔi wal-ḥantami wal-muzaffati wan-naqīri waʔan yuḵlaṭa l-balaḥu bi-z-zahwi.

        The prophet (PBUH) forbade [the preparation of wine in] a bottle-gourd, in a colocynth container, in a varnished jar, a hollow stump, and from mixing up ripe dates with nearly ripe dates.

   3. splendor
   4. beauty
   5. pride
   6. haughtiness, arrogance, conceit

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:كبرياء

   1. vanity