غموض

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ م ض (ḡ-m-ḍ) related with things closed, dark and uncertain. Compare غَمَضَ (ḡamaḍa, to be abstruse, ambiguous)

Noun

غُمُوض (ḡumūḍ) m (usually uncountable)

  1. (cognitive) obscurity, difficulty
  2. mystery, enigma
    Synonyms: سِرّ (sirr), لُغْز (luḡz), مُعْضِلَة (muʿḍila)
  3. uncertainty, ambiguity
    Synonym: اِشْتِبَاه‎ (ištibāh)

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