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شَهْر

month

Noun · masculineRoot ش-ه-ر

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Also written شهر: شَهَرَ (to spread)

Highlights

Plural
أَشْهُر
Other plural
شُهُور

Most common words from the same root

Noun
famous
Adjective
famous
Verb · Form I
to spread
Adjective
مَشْهُور
famous
Noun
شُهْرَة
fame
Noun
شَهْر

شَهْر in English

Noun · masculine

  1. month (unit of time)
  2. new moon (beginning of the lunar month)
    شَهْر عَسَلhoneymoon

Word origin

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *śahr-.

Words from the root ش-ه-ر

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

شَهَرَ · present يَشْهَرُ

to spread, to make known, to divulge; to make well-known, to make famous, to make notorious; to proclaim, to announce

Verbal noun
month
شُهْرَة
Verbal noun
fame
شَهْر
Verbal noun
شَاهِر
Active participle
Passive participle
famous
مَشْهُور
Passive participle · Adjective
famous
شَهَّرَ · present يُشَهِّرُ

to make well-known, to make famous, to make notorious; to spread, to make known, to divulge; to proclaim, to announce

تَشْهِير
Verbal noun
slander
مُشَهِّر
Active participle
مُشَهَّر
Passive participle
شَاهَرَ · present يُشَاهِرُ

to hire on a monthly basis, to rent by the month

شِهَار
Verbal noun
مُشَاهَرَة
Verbal noun
مُشَاهِر
Active participle
مُشَاهَر
Passive participle
أَشْهَرَ · present يُشْهِرُ
Form IV · Causative

to make known, to proclaim, to announce; to unsheathe, to draw (a weapon); to sell at auction

إِشْهَار
Verbal noun
announcing
مُشْهِر
Active participle
مُشْهَر
Passive participle
اِشْتَهَرَ · present يَشْتَهِرُ

to become famous, to be notorious; to be known, to be widespread, to be common

اِشْتِهَار
Verbal noun
glory
مُشْتَهِر
Active participle · Adjective
known
مُشْتَهَر
Passive participle
Adjective
famous
أَشْهَر
Adjective
elative degree of شَهِير

شَهْر: plural and other forms

Singularشَهْر
Pluralأَشْهُر
Alternative pluralsشُهُور

شَهْر in a sentence

Dictionary examples

new moon

شَهْر عَسَلhoneymoon

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