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حزن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

حُزَانَةٌ حزانه حزانة حزين A man's family, or household, for whose case he suffers grief and anxiety. (S, K.) [And simply One's family, or household. ] One says, فُلَانٌ لَا يُبَالِى اـِذَا شَبِعَتْ خِزَانَتُهُ أَنْ تَجُوعَ حُزَانَتُهُ [ Such a one cares not, when his store-room is full, that his family, or household, suffer hunger ]. (A, TA.) -A2- A prior right which the Arabs enjoy over the foreigners, on their first arrival [ in the territory of the latter ], with respect to the houses and lands: (M, K:) or a condition which the Arabs used to impose upon the foreigners in Khurásán, when they took a town, or district, pacifically, that when the soldiery [ of the former ] passed by them, singly or in companies, they should lodge them, and entertain them, and supply them with provisions for their march to another district. (Az, TA.)

Derived headwords

حُزَانَةٌ
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فُلَانٌ لَا يُبَالِى اـِذَا شَبِعَتْ خِزَانَتُهُ أَنْ تَجُوعَ حُزَانَتُهُ