Arabic

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Etymology

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Augmented from the root ف ر ح (f-r-ḥ); some Northeastern peninsula dialects like the Šiḥūḥ have shifts of to h; note also the ancient Omani tribe name بَنُو فُرْهُود (banū furhūd), الْفَرَاهِيد (al-farāhīd), whence the nisba of the Oman-born originator of the kitāb al-ʿayn derives.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /far.had/, /fur.hud/

Noun

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فَرْهَد (farhadm (plural فَرَاهِد (farāhid))

  1. gay lad, jolly youth

Declension

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Noun

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فُرْهُد (furhudm (plural فَرَاهِد (farāhid))

  1. lion cub

Declension

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Alternative forms

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