sweet

11 occurrences across 5 Arabic/Persian roots

ح- ل- و

(ḥ-l-w) — sweetness; sweetest; sweet

“sweet” accounts for 5 of 24 occurrences of this root (21%)

Forms seen

الاحلی ×1 أَحْلَى ×1 الأحلى ×1 الأَحْلى ×1 أَحْلى ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

sweetness 63% sweet 21% sweetest of languages 4% sweeter 4% excellent 4% beauty 4%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: الاحلی: Most Sweet fire-tabletFire §41: أَحْلَى: sweet gleaningsGWB §588: الأحلى: sweet prayers-and-meditationsP&M §761: الأَحْلى: most sweet prayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: أَحْلى: sweet

خ- و- ش

(kh-w-sh) — pleasant; pleasant, sweet; own

“sweet” accounts for 3 of 8 occurrences of this root (38%)

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

sweet 38% well hath 13% pleasant 13% delivered 13% blissful 13% blessed 13%

Examples

gleaningsGWB §674: خوش: sweet kitab-i-iqanKIQ §158: خوش: sweet kitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: خوش: sweet

ن- س- م

(n-s-m) — breeze; breezes; breeze/breath

“sweet” accounts for 1 of 55 occurrences of this root (2%)

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

breeze 42% breezes 15% breath 11% sweet savors 7% gentle winds 7% fragrances 4% sweet savours 2% sweet 2% one breath 2% musk-laden breeze 2% holy breaths 2% gales 2% fragrance 2% breath of the breeze 2%

Examples

gleaningsGWB §674: نسیم: sweet

م- ل- ح

(m-l-ḥ) — mariner; salt, bitter; salt

“sweet” accounts for 1 of 5 occurrences of this root (20%)

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

mariner 40% sweet 20% salt 20% holy 20%

Examples

the-hidden-wordsHW §85: مليحم: sweet

ح- ل- ي

(ḥ-l-y) — sweeter; sweeter, more pleasant

“sweet” accounts for 1 of 1 occurrences of this root (100%)

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

sweet 100%

Examples

gleaningsGWB §624: احلی: sweet

See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots:

breeze (23) sweetness (15) breezes (8) breath (6) sweet savors (4) gentle winds (4) fragrances (2) mariner (2)