istihlāl
beginning, introduction, opening
اِسْتِهْلال
Word
Noun · pattern اِسْتِفْعالRoot
ه ل لIn the library
ذكر عاداتهم في استهلال الشهور
The Travels, page 79 →From the same root
- هَلdoes, do?, did?, is, are?
- هَلّbegin, appear
- هَلَّلَrejoice, applaud
- هَلَلfright, terror
- تَهَلَّلَbe radiant, be delighted
- هَلَلَةhalala (1, 100 of a Saudi riyal)
- هِلالcrescent, new moon
- هِلالparenthesis
- تَهَلُّلjoy, exultation
- مُهَلَّلcrescent-shaped, lunar
- هَلْهَلَweave flimsily, wear out
- هَلْهَلfine, thin, delicate
- هِلالِيّcrescent-shaped, lunar
- هِلالِيّHilal fans
- تَهْلِيلjubilation, applause
- مُتَهَلِّلjubilant, rejoicing
- هَلْهُولَةworn dress, tatters
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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