دهر

Arabic

Verb

دَهَرَ • (dahara) I, non-past يَدْهَرُ‎ (yadharu)

  1. to overcome, to conquer, to subdue, to overpower, to master, to gain the mastery over, to prevail, to predominate over, to surpass

Conjugation

Noun

دَهْر • (dahr) m (plural دُهُور (duhūr) or أَدْهُر (ʔadhur))

  1. verbal noun of دَهَرَ (dahara) (form I)
  2. the course of time, fate
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 45:24:
      وَقَالُوا۟ مَا هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنۡيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحۡيَا وَمَا يُهۡلِكُنَاۤ إِلَّا ٱلدَّهۡرُ ۚ وَمَا لَهُم بِذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍ ۖ إِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ
      waqālū mā hiya ʔillā ḥayātunā d-dunyā namūtu wanaḥyā wamā yuhlikunā ʔillā d-dahru wamā lahum biḏālika min ʕilmin ʔin hum ʔillā yaẓunnūna
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    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 76:1:
      هَلْ أَتَىٰ عَلَى الْإِنْسَانِ حِينٌ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُن شَيْئًا مَّذْكُورًا
      hal ʔatā ʕalā l-ʔinsāni ḥīnun mina ad-dahri lam yakun šayʔan mmaḏkūran
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    • a. 1374, Ibn al-Khatib, Jadaka al-Ghaithu:
      إِذْ يَقُودُ ٱلدَّهْرُ أَشْتَاتَ ٱلْمُنَى
      تَنْقُلُ ٱلْخَطْوَ عَلَى مَا يُرْسَمُ
      ʔiḏ yaqūdu d-dahru ʔaštāta l-munā
      tanqulu l-ḵaṭwa ʕalā mā yursamu
      then the course or time would lead the pieces of wishes
      so that they go the way they are supposed to

Declension

Derived terms

  • دَهْرِيّ (dahriyy, who does not believe in the hereafter, atheist)
  • أَكَلَ عَلَيْهِ الدَّهْرُ وَشَرِبَ (ʔakala ʕalayhi d-dahru wašariba)

References

  • دهر” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “دهر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 63
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “دهر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 923
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “دهر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 408
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