ذهن

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns understanding, intellect, and memory. It extends to concepts of intelligence, perception, and the ability to retain information. It can also relate to being accustomed to something or being distracted from it.

Derived headwords

الذِّهْنnoun

1.
understanding, intellectboth
The faculty of comprehension and reasoning; the mind.
2.
memory, retentionboth
The capacity of the heart or mind to retain information and knowledge.
3.
intelligence, perceptivenessboth
Sharpness of mind, quickness of understanding, and astuteness.
4.
power, strengthclassical
A latent capability or inherent strength.

أَذْهَانnoun

1.
minds, intellectsboth
The plural form of 'al-dhihn', referring to multiple faculties of understanding or intellects.

ذَهِنٌadjective

1.
intelligent, sharpboth
A person characterized by intelligence, perceptiveness, and a good memory.

ذَهَنَverb

1.
to understand, to comprehendboth
To grasp the meaning of something; to understand or perceive.
2.
to understand fromclassical
To comprehend or understand something that has been conveyed or explained.

ذَهَنْتُverb

1.
I understoodboth
Past tense first-person singular of 'dhana', meaning 'I understood' or 'I comprehended'.

ذَهَنَنِيverb

1.
to make me forget, to distract meclassical
To cause someone to forget or to distract them from remembering.

أَذْهَنَنِيverb

1.
to make me forget, to distract meclassical
To cause someone to forget or to distract them from remembering; an alternative form to 'dhannani'.

اسْتَذْهَنَنِيverb

1.
to make me forget, to distract meclassical
To cause someone to forget or to distract them from remembering; another variant form.

يُذَاهِنُverb

1.
to be perceptive of, to understandclassical
To be astute or perceptive towards people, understanding their intentions or thoughts.

ذَاهَنَنِيverb

1.
to be more intelligent than meclassical
To compete in intelligence or understanding, where one proves to be superior.

فَذَهَنْتُهُverb

1.
so I surpassed him in understandingclassical
The result of a competition in intelligence, indicating one's superiority in understanding.

Parallel reading

الذهن: الفهم والعقل.

The mind: understanding and intellect.

والذهن أيضا: حفظ القلب

And the mind is also: the retention of the heart.

وقد جمعت أذهان.

And its plural is 'adh'an'.

تقول: اجعل ذهنك إلى كذا وكذا.

You say: 'Direct your mind/attention to such and such.'

ورجل ذهن وذهن كلاهما على النسب

And a man 'dhihn' and 'dhihn', both are by attribution.

ذهنت كذا وكذا أي فهمته.

I understood such and such, meaning I comprehended it.

وذهنت عن كذا: فهمت عنه.

And I understood from such and such: meaning I comprehended it.

ويقال: ذهنني عن كذا وأذهنني واستذهنني أي أنساني وألهاني عن الذكر.

And it is said: 'dhannani' from such and such, and 'adhannani', and 'istadhannani', meaning it made me forget or distracted me from remembrance.

الذهن مثل الذهن، وهو الفطنة والحفظ.

The mind is like the mind, and it is perceptiveness and retention.

وفلان يذاهن الناس أي يفاطنهم.

And so-and-so is perceptive of people, meaning he understands them.

وذاهنني فذهنته أي كنت أجود منه ذهنا.

And he competed with me in intelligence, so I surpassed him, meaning I was better than him in understanding.

والذهن أيضا: القوة

And the mind is also: power.

أنوء برجل بها ذهنها ... وأعيت بها أختها الغابره

I bear a man with his strength... and his remaining sister tired of him.