(شَهَوَ) الشِّينُ وَالْهَاءُ وَالْحَرْفُ الْمُعْتَلُّ كَلِمَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ، وَهِيَ الشَّهْوَةُ. يُقَالُ: رَجُلٌ شَهْوَانُ، وَشَيْءٌ شَهِيٌّ.
Entries on شهو in 8 Arabic dictionaries by the authors Arabic-English Lexicon by Edward William Lane, Habib Anthony Salmone, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary, Murtaḍa al-Zabīdī, Tāj al-ʿArūs fī Jawāhir al-Qamūs, and 5 more