الزهرة

Arabic

Etymology

Related to زُهْرَة (zuhra, brilliance, brightness, radiance, beauty); Venus is the brightest object in the night sky (except the moon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /az.zu.ha.ra/

Proper noun

الزُّهَرَة (az-zuhara) f

  1. (astronomy) Venus (planet)

Declension

Synonyms

  • عُزَّايَان (ʕuzzāyān), العُزَّى (al-ʕuzzā, the most powerful, strongest, highest in glory; most dear, highest esteemed, most loved)
  • الكَوْكَبَة (al-kawkaba, the star, the planet, the prominent astronomical body)
  • عَثْتَر (ʕaṯtar, one that makes herbage flourish, bringer of rain water; the morning or evening star)
  • ذَات زُهْرَان (ḏāt zuhrān, one that possesses or has brilliance or radiance)
  • السَعْدَانِ (as-saʕdāni, the two good fortunes), paired with Mercury or in other traditions Jupiter, contrasted with Mars and Saturn
  • السَعْد الأَصْغَر (as-saʕd al-ʔaṣḡar, the lesser good fortune), contrasted with Jupiter the greater

Descendants

See also

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