غلو

See also: علو

Arabic

Root
غ ل و (ḡ-l-w)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣu.luww/

Noun

غُلُوّ • (ḡuluww) m

verbal noun of غَلَا (ḡalā) (form I)
exaggeration
extremism, fanaticism

Declension

Declension of noun غُلُوّ (ḡuluww)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غُلُوّ ḡuluww	الْغُلُوّ al-ḡuluww	غُلُوّ ḡuluww
Nominative	غُلُوٌّ ḡuluwwun	الْغُلُوُّ al-ḡuluwwu	غُلُوُّ ḡuluwwu
Accusative	غُلُوًّا ḡuluwwan	الْغُلُوَّ al-ḡuluwwa	غُلُوَّ ḡuluwwa
Genitive	غُلُوٍّ ḡuluwwin	الْغُلُوِّ al-ḡuluwwi	غُلُوِّ ḡuluwwi

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غُلُوّ (ḡuluww).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɣu.luw(w)]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣʊ.lʊw(w)]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɣʊ.lʊw(w)]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɣu.luw(w)]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qo.lov(v)]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʁu.luw(w)]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ğuluw(w)
Dari reading^?	ğuluw(w)
Iranian reading^?	ğolov(v)
Tajik reading^?	ġuluv(v)

Noun

غُلُوّ • (ğolovv)

exaggeration; hyperbole
Synonyms: مُبالِغه (mobâleğe), اَغراق (ağrâq)
(Shia Islam) heretical elevation of the status of the Imams, e.g. claiming that they were divine

Derived terms

غُلُوّ کَردَن (ğolovv kardan, “to exaggerate”)

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