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uā, = A ضحا uā,v.n. fr. ضحو 'to become apparent,' etc.), s.m. The early part of the forenoon (after sunrise, i.e. the brightest part of the day); breakfast-time:—`īdu`-uā, s.f. 'The festival of the victims' (=`īdu`l-aā), a festival celebrated on the tenth of ī-ijja, when an animal is sacrificed in commemoration of Abraham's sacrifice of his son Ishmael, according to the Musalmāns.
Origin: Arabic