سحر
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سحر¹
Where it comes from
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *šaḥ(a)r- (“dawn, morning”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒀉𒄘𒍣𒂵 (šērum), Hebrew שַׁחַר (šáḥar, “dawn”) and Ugaritic 𐎌𐎈𐎗 (šḥr, “dawn; tomorrow, the future”); see Canaanite deity Shahar.
noun سَحَر · saḥar · السَّحَر · سَحَرٌ
verb سَحَرَ · saḥara · يَسْحَرُ · سُحُور · سَاحِر
- to eat before fasting at predawn or foredawn, especially in the last part of the night before daybreak
سحر²
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noun سَحْر · سَحَر · saḥr · saḥar · سُحُور
- lung
سحر³
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verb سَحَرَ · saḥara · يَسْحَرُ · سِحْر · سَاحِر
- to charm, to enchant, to fascinate, to spellbind, to bewitch, to ensorcel, to curse, to jinx
- to hurt one's heart, to restrict one's chest or breathing
verb سَحَّرَ · saḥḥara · يُسَحِّرُ · تَسْحِير · مُسَحِّر
- to conjure
- to bewitch, to charm
noun سِحْر · siḥr · أَسْحَار · سُحُور · السِّحْر
- verbal noun of سَحَرَ (saḥara) (form I)
- charming, enchantment, fascination, spellbinding
- witchcraft, sorcery, magic, wizardry
- conjuring, bewitching
- charm, curse, jinx
In English
- magic use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural
- lung organ that extracts oxygen from the air
- sorcery magical power
- witchcraft the practice of witches
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