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
- (astronomy) Venus (planet)
Declension
Declension of noun الزُّهَرَة (az-zuhara)
| Singular | singular diptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | الزُّهَرَة az-zuhara | — |
| Nominative | — | الزُّهَرَةُ az-zuharatu | — |
| Accusative | — | الزُّهَرَةَ az-zuharata | — |
| Genitive | — | الزُّهَرَةِ az-zuharati | — |
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
- → Chagatai: زهرة
- → Persian: زهره
- → Malay: Zuhrah, → Malay: Zuhrat, → Malay: Zuhara, → Malay: Zuharah, → Malay: زهرة, → Malay: زهره, → Malay: زهراء
- → Swahili: Zuhura
- → Turkish: Zöhre, Zühre
See also
- (planets of the Solar System) كَوَاكِب الْمَجْمُوعَة الشَّمْسِيَّة (kawākib al-majmūʿa aš-šamsiyya); عُطَارِد (ʕuṭārid), الزُّهَرَة (az-zuhara), الْأَرْض (al-ʔarḍ), الْمِرِّيخ (al-mirrīḵ), الْمُشْتَرِي (al-muštarī), زُحَل (zuḥal), أُورَانُوس (ʾuranōs), نِبْتُون (nebtūn)