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حجن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَحْجَنُ ذ Crooked, [ hooked, ] or curved: fem. حَجْنَاآءُ: pl. حُجْنٌ. (Ham p. 403.) You say, الصَّقْرُ أَحْجَنُ المِنْقَارِ The hawk is crooked [or hooked ] in the bill. (TA.) And صَقْرٌ أَحْجَنُ المَخَالِبِ A hawk having crooked [or hooked ] talons. (S, TA.) And أَنْفٌ أَحْجَنُ [ A hooked nose, ] a nose having the tip approaching the mouth, and, Az adds, having its نَاشِرَتَانِ [or two alæ ] receding in an ugly manner. (TA.) And أُذُنٌ حَجْنَاآءُ An ear having one [app. the upper ] of its two extremities turning towards the forehead, downwards: or having its edges turning towards the other ear, in the direction of the forehead: (M, K:) in either case, curving. (M, TA.) And شَعَرٌ أَحْجَنُ (tropical:) Hair that is crisp, or curly, in its extremities: or, accord. to AZ, wavy hair: (T:) or hair that is recurvate at its extremities (مُعَقَّفٌ), and intermingling: (M:) or hair forming a succession of rimples (مُتَسَلْسِلٌ), pendulous, wavy, and crisp, or curling, in the extremities; as also ↓ حَجِنٌ. (K.)

Derived headwords

أَحْجَنُ
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الصَّقْرُ أَحْجَنُ المِنْقَارِ
صَقْرٌ أَحْجَنُ
أَنْفٌ أَحْجَنُ
أُذُنٌ حَجْنَاآءُ
شَعَرٌ أَحْجَنُ