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Also written أحد: أَحَد (one) · أَحَد (اَلْأَحَد : ellipsis of يَوْم…) · أَحَد (one)
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Most common words from the same root
أَحَد in English
Noun · masculine
- a person; somebody, someone; anybody, anyone
هَلْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ هُنَا؟Is there anyone here?قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌSay, ˹O Prophet,˺ “He is Allah—One ˹and Indivisible˺; Allah—the Sustainer ˹needed by all˺. He has never had offspring, nor was He born. And there is none comparable to Him.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 112:1-4
Word origin
Related to the root و ح د (w ḥ d) of وَاحِد (wāḥid, “one”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾaḥad-. Cognate with Hebrew אֶחָד (ekhád, “one”).
Words from the root ء-ح-د
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أَحَد in a sentence
Dictionary examples
a person
هَلْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ هُنَا؟Is there anyone here?
a person
قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌSay, ˹O Prophet,˺ “He is Allah—One ˹and Indivisible˺; Allah—the Sustainer ˹needed by all˺. He has never had offspring, nor was He born. And there is none comparable to Him.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 112:1-4
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