غلو

See also: علو

Arabic

Root
غ ل و (ḡ-l-w)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣu.luww/

Noun

غُلُوّ • (ḡuluww) m

  1. verbal noun of غَلَا (ḡalā) (form I)
  2. exaggeration
  3. extremism, fanaticism

Declension

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غُلُوّ (ḡuluww).

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

غُلُوّ • (ğolovv)

  1. exaggeration; hyperbole
    Synonyms: مُبالِغه (mobâleğe), اَغراق (ağrâq)
  2. (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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