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بهكن

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root describes a young woman characterized by freshness, liveliness, and pleasantness. It emphasizes youthfulness, tenderness, and a delightful disposition.

Derived headwords

بَهْكَنَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Tender, youthfulboth

    Describing a young woman who is tender, fresh, and in the bloom of youth.

  2. 2.
    Lively, pleasantclassical

    Referring to a young woman who is light-spirited, good-smelling, and sweet.

بَهْكَنadjective
  1. 1.
    Tender, freshboth

    An adjective used to describe something as tender or fresh, particularly in the context of youth.

بَهَاكِنَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Tender, youthfulboth

    An alternative form describing a young woman who is tender and fresh, possessing youthfulness.

البَهْكَنَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    Tender young womenboth

    The plural form referring to young women who are tender and fresh.

البَهَاكِنnoun
  1. 1.
    Tender young womenboth

    Another plural form referring to young women who are tender and fresh.

بَهْكَلadjective
  1. 1.
    Tender, youthfulclassical

    A variant form, possibly a metathesis or related word, used to describe tenderness and youthfulness.

Parallel reading

إمرأة بهكنة وبهاكنة: تارة غضة وهي ذات شباب بهكن أي غض
A woman described as bahkana and bahakina: tender and fresh, possessing youthful vigor.
وربما قالوا بهكل
And sometimes they say bahkal.
بهاكنة غضة بضة
Bahakina, tender and soft.
برود الثنايا خلاف الكرى
Smoothness of the incisors, contrary to sleepiness.
جارية بهكنة تارة غريضة
A bahkana young woman, tender and soft.
وهن البهكنات والبهاكن
And they are the bahakanat and the bahakin.
البَهْكَنَة الجارية الخفيفة الروح الطيبة الرائحة المليحة الحلوة
Al-bahkana is the light-spirited, good-smelling, pleasant, sweet young woman.