charming
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Also written سحر: سِحْر (charming) · سَحْر (lung)
Highlights
Most common words from the same root
سَحَر in English
Noun · masculine
- dawn archaic, literary
- predawn
- foredawn, especially the last part of the night before daybreak
Word origin
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *šaḥ(a)r- (“dawn, morning”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒀉𒄘𒍣𒂵 (šērum), Hebrew שַׁחַר (šáḥar, “dawn”) and Ugaritic 𐎌𐎈𐎗 (šḥr, “dawn; tomorrow, the future”); see Canaanite deity Shahar.
Words from the root س-ح-ر
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
سَحَرَ
· present يَسْحَرُ
Form I · The plain action
to charm, to enchant, to fascinate, to spellbind, to bewitch, to ensorcel, to curse, to jinx; to hurt one's heart, to restrict one's chest or breathing
سَحَرَ
· present يَسْحَرُ
Form I · The plain action
to eat before fasting at predawn or foredawn, especially in the last part of the night before daybreak
سُحُور
سَاحِر
مَسْحُور
سَحَّرَ
· present يُسَحِّرُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to conjure; to bewitch, to charm
تَسْحِير
مُسَحِّر
مُسَحَّر
تَسَحَّرَ
· present يَتَسَحَّرُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to eat suhur (a predawn meal before iftar)
تَسَحُّر
مُتَسَحِّر
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