tahlīl

jubilation, applause

تَهْلِيل

Word

Noun · pattern تَفْعِيل

Root

ه ل ل

In the library

فبينا أنا ذات ليلة في بعض شأني، إذ سمعت الناس يجهرون بالتهليل والتكبير، ورأيت الأولاد، وعلى رؤوسهم المصاحف، والنساء يضربن في الطسوت وأواني النحاس.

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries
  • أَهْلَلْنَا هِلَالَ شَهْرِ كَذَا Form IV Open entry
    : see سَلَخَ.
  • اِسْتَهَلَّ Form X Open entry
    : see a verse cited at the close of the first paragraph of art. ضحك. ― -b2- See also a verse cited voce أَفْثَأَ. ― -b3- See مُسْتَهَلٌّ.
  • هَلْ Open entry
    may be originally هَلْو or هَلْى or هَلّ: (Akh, in S, voce بل:) see بَلْ. ― -b2- هَلْ followed by إِلَى: see the latter. ― -b3- حَىّ هَلَ: see حى. ― -b4- هَلَّا: see حَضَّةٌ and عَنْ, latter part, and لَوْلَا, and أَلَّا.
  • هَلَّةٌ Open entry
    : see بَلَّةٌ.
  • الهِلاَلُ The new moon; or the moon when it is termed هِلاَل
    The new moon; or the moon when it is termed هِلاَل: it may be explained as meaning, generally, the moon when near the sun, or moon a little after or before the change. ― -b2- See سَمَا.
  • مُسْتَهَلُّ الشَّهْرِ The first night of the lunar month
    The first night of the lunar month. (Msb.)

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