خدن

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of close friendship, companionship, and intimate association. It extends to the idea of a confidant or secret lover, particularly in the context of pre-Islamic practices regarding unmarried women.

Derived headwords

الخَدَنnoun

1.
friendboth
A close friend or companion, someone with whom one shares secrets and affairs.
2.
confidantboth
Specifically, a person who confides in another or is confided in, a close associate.

الخُدَيْنnoun

1.
friendboth
A close friend or companion, similar to الخدن.
2.
confidantboth
A person with whom one has a close, often secret, relationship.

أَخْدَانnoun

1.
friendsboth
The plural of الخدن, referring to multiple close friends or companions.

خُدَنَاءnoun

1.
friendsclassical
A plural form of الخدن, denoting close friends.

خادَنَverb

1.
to befriendboth
To take someone as a close friend or companion.
2.
to have a secret relationshipclassical
To engage in a clandestine or intimate association, particularly in a romantic context.

مُخَادَنَةnoun

1.
companionshipboth
The act or state of being companions or close friends.
2.
secret relationshipclassical
The practice of having secret intimate relationships.

مُخَادِنnoun

1.
confidantboth
One who is a close friend or confidant.

الأَخْدَنnoun

1.
one with many friendsclassical
A person who has many close friends or companions.

خَدِنَةadjective

1.
having many friendsclassical
Describing a person, typically male, who frequently takes on many friends or companions.

Parallel reading

الخدن والخدين: الصديق

The khidn and khudayn: the friend.

وفي المحكم: الصاحب المحدث

And in Al-Muḥkam: the companion who confides.

والجمع أخدان وخدناء

And the plural is akhdān and khudanā'.

والخدن والخدين: الذي يخادنك فيكون معك في كل أمر ظاهر وباطن

And the khidn and khudayn: he who is your companion, being with you in every outward and inward matter.

وخدن الجارية: محدثها

And the khidn of the young woman: her confidant.

وكانوا في الجاهلية لا يمتنعون من خدن يحدث الجارية فجاء الإسلام بهدمه

And in the Jahiliyyah they did not prevent a khidn from confiding in the young woman, so Islam came with its abolition.

والمخادنة: المصاحبة

And al-mukhādanah: companionship.

يقال: خادنت الرجل

It is said: I took the man as a companion.

إن احتاج إلى معونتهم فشر خليل وألأم خدين

If he needs their help, then he is the worst of friends and the most base of companions.

الأخدن: ذو الأخدان

Al-akhdan: one who has many companions.

محصنات غير مسافحات ولا متخذات أخدان

Chaste, not fornicators, nor those who take secret lovers.

يعني أن يتخذن أصدقاء

Meaning that they take [secret] friends.

ورجل خدنة: يخادن الناس كثيرا

And a khadinah man: he takes many people as companions.