excel
4 occurrences across 4 Arabic/Persian roots
ح- س- ن (ḥ-s-n) — best; Husayn; beautiful
“excel” accounts for
1 of
79 occurrences of this root
(1%)
(ḥ-s-n) — best; Husayn; beautiful
“excel” accounts for 1 of 79 occurrences of this root (1%)
Forms seen
Translation spectrum for this root
excellent 13% bounty 6% husayn 5% ḥusayn 4% goodly 4% excellent titles 4% profit 3% good works 3% favor 3% do good 3% bountiful favor 3% ḥasan-i-mázindarání 1% ḥasan and ḥusayn 1% wondrous 1% woman 1% which is good 1% which 1% whether man 1% upright and praiseworthy 1% righteousness 1% righteous 1% right 1% receive his reward 1% providence 1% preferable 1% pleasing 1% muḥammad-ḥasan’s 1% melodious 1% loving-kindness 1% kindly manner 1% kindly 1% imám ḥusayn 1% improve 1% graciousness 1% gracious providence 1% gracious 1% good thing 1% good ones 1% good deeds 1% god hath been bounteous 1% generous 1% favour 1% favors 1% excel 1% comely 1% bountiful grace 1% bounties 1% best in thy sight 1% best 1% beauty thereof 1% be bounteous 1% act generously 1%
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ك- ب- ر (k-b-r) — greatest; greater; grandeur
“excel” accounts for
1 of
106 occurrences of this root
(1%)
(k-b-r) — greatest; greater; grandeur
“excel” accounts for 1 of 106 occurrences of this root (1%)
Forms seen
Translation spectrum for this root
grandeur 16% great 8% mighty 5% greater 5% glory 4% grievous 3% vainglory 2% transcendent glory 2% swell with pride 2% surest 2% resplendent 2% pride 2% disdainful 2% conceit 2% arrogance 2% yet, how disdainfully ye look 1% which transcendeth all things 1% weighty 1% waxed proud 1% turned away disdainfully 1% tribulations 1% transcendent 1% too mysterious 1% swelleth with pride 1% supreme 1% strength 1% station 1% sovereignty 1% six times the greeting “alláh-u-abhá 1% showeth pride 1% salutation 1% proud 1% praise 1% philosopher’s stone 1% perfect 1% old 1% mightiest 1% measureless 1% majesty and greatness 1% magnifying it in 1% magnify 1% lesser peace 1% immeasurable 1% having disdainfully rejected 1% have proudly rejected 1% have dealt disdainfully 1% haughty and rebellious 1% haughtiness 1% greet thee 1% glorified by 1% glorified be 1% glaring 1% excellent 1% excel 1% entire 1% disdainfully 1% disdained 1% blackest 1% away disdainfully 1% alí-akbar 1% all-compelling 1%
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خ- ي- ر (kh-y-r) — good; better; choose
“excel” accounts for
1 of
120 occurrences of this root
(1%)
(kh-y-r) — good; better; choose
“excel” accounts for 1 of 120 occurrences of this root (1%)
Forms seen
Translation spectrum for this root
good 24% better 8% unconstrained 4% chosen 4% choose 4% unconditioned 3% righteous 3% unrestrained 3% chosen ones 3% better is 3% best 3% chose 2% choosest 2% best advantage 2% will profit 1% whatsoever he willeth 1% what ye prefer 1% virtue 1% unsurpassed 1% universe 1% unconstrained power 1% unconstrained and sovereign will 1% thorns 1% shall be better 1% righteous creatures 1% retired 1% power 1% ponder 1% manifest advantage 1% just 1% is best 1% how well 1% highest good 1% he who is the unconditioned 1% have chosen 1% hath the authority 1% hath drained 1% goodness 1% goodly gifts 1% good things 1% good thing 1% godly 1% excel 1% dominion 1% didst single him 1% didst choose 1% chose to confer 1% choose to tread 1% choicest 1% blessing 1% bestowals 1% been created 1% be preferred 1% and 1%
س- ب- ق (s-b-q) — precede; preceded; precedence
“excel” accounts for
1 of
50 occurrences of this root
(2%)
(s-b-q) — precede; preceded; precedence
“excel” accounts for 1 of 50 occurrences of this root (2%)
Forms seen
Translation spectrum for this root
hath surpassed 22% surpassed 12% preceded 8% encompasseth 4% vie in hasting 2% surpassing 2% surpasseth 2% preceded me 2% permeated 2% old 2% may encompass 2% laudable 2% his 2% have rained 2% have excelled 2% hath, verily, encompassed 2% hath preceded 2% hath pervaded 2% hath overflowed 2% hath encompassed 2% hath 2% hasten 2% hadst 2% grasp 2% excelled 2% excel 2% escaped them 2% encompassed 2% committed it before me 2% bygone ages 2% before 2%
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See Also
Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots: