زين

Root entry · 41 derived lemmas

The root زين (zayn) primarily relates to beauty, adornment, and making something attractive or pleasing. It encompasses concepts of decoration, embellishment, and the act of beautifying oneself or something else. It can also extend to the idea of something being good or excellent, contrasting with ugliness or defect.

Derived headwords

الزِّينnoun

1.
Beauty, adornmentboth
The state or quality of being beautiful, attractive, or pleasing; that which is used for adornment.
2.
Goodness, excellenceclassical
A quality of being good or excellent, often used in contrast to something bad or defective.

أَزْيَانnoun

1.
Beauties, adornmentsboth
The plural of الزينة (al-zīnah), referring to multiple instances of beauty or adornments.

تصيد الجليس بأزيانها — It hunts the companion with its adornments

زَانَverb

1.
To adorn, to beautifyboth
To make something beautiful, attractive, or pleasing; to decorate or embellish.
2.
To seem beautiful, to be fittingboth
To appear beautiful or appropriate; to be suitable or becoming.

زانه الحسن يزينه زينا — Beauty adorned him, making him beautiful with adornment.

أَزَانَverb

1.
To adorn, to beautifyclassical
An alternative form of the verb 'to adorn' or 'to beautify', often used interchangeably with زَانَ.

أَزَيَّنَverb

1.
To adorn, to beautifyclassical
Another variant form of the verb meaning 'to adorn' or 'to beautify'.

تَزَيَّنَverb

1.
To adorn oneself, to dress upboth
To make oneself beautiful or attractive; to put on adornments.
2.
To appear beautiful, to be embellishedboth
To look beautiful or decorated; to be enhanced by adornments.

تزينت الأرض بالنبات — The earth became adorned with plants.

ازْدَانَverb

1.
To adorn oneself, to be adornedboth
To become adorned or beautified; to take on adornments.

ازْدَانَتْ ازدياناً — It became adorned with adornment.

مُزْدَانadjective

1.
Adorned, beautifiedboth
One who is adorned or beautified; something that has been made attractive or embellished.

ما منعني أن لا أكون مزدانا بإعلانك — What prevented me from not being adorned by your proclamation

مُزَانadjective

1.
Adorned, beautifiedclassical
A contracted form of مُزْدَان (muzdān), meaning adorned or beautified.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
Hairdresser, one who styles hairclassical
A person who styles or arranges hair, particularly in a way that adorns it.
2.
Barber-surgeon, cupperclassical
Historically, a barber who also performed minor surgical procedures like bloodletting or cupping.
3.
One who adornsclassical
A general term for someone who makes something beautiful or attractive.

ورجل مزين أي مقذذ الشعر، والحجام مزين — And a man is a muzayyin, meaning one who styles the hair, and the cupper is a muzayyin.

مُزَيِّنadjective

1.
Adorning, beautifyingclassical
Actively making something beautiful or attractive.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of bird's crestclassical
Refers to the crest or comb of a bird, likened to an adornment.

كأنك ديك مائل الزين أعور؟ — As if you were a one-eyed rooster with a leaning crest?

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of plantclassical
A plant that is considered beautiful or ornamental.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of necklaceclassical
A type of necklace or adornment worn around the neck.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of braceletclassical
A type of bracelet or armlet, considered an adornment.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of ankletclassical
A type of anklet worn as an adornment.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of earringclassical
A type of earring worn as an adornment.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of ringclassical
A type of ring worn as an adornment.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of veilclassical
A veil or head covering used for adornment.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of garmentclassical
A type of clothing or garment worn for adornment.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of cosmeticclassical
A cosmetic or beauty product used for adornment.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of perfumeclassical
A perfume or fragrance used for adornment.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of jewelclassical
A jewel or precious stone used for adornment.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of embroideryclassical
Embroidery or decorative stitching used for adornment.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of dyeclassical
A dye or coloring agent used for adornment.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of ornamentclassical
A general term for any object used for adornment.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of decorationclassical
A general term for any form of decoration.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of embellishmentclassical
A general term for any embellishment.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of enhancementclassical
A general term for any enhancement.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of charmclassical
A charm or amulet, often considered an adornment.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of talismanclassical
A talisman, often worn as an adornment.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of fetishclassical
An object of worship or veneration, often adorned.

مُزَيِّنnoun

1.
A type of idolclassical
An idol or false god, which is often adorned.

الزون: كل شيء يتخذ ربا ويعبد من دون الله عز وجل لأنه يزين — Al-zūn: everything taken as a god and worshipped besides Allah, because it is adorned.

الزِّينَةnoun

1.
Adornment, decorationboth
That which is used to adorn or decorate; the act or state of being adorned.
2.
Beauty, attractivenessboth
The quality of being beautiful or attractive.
3.
Festivity, celebrationclassical
A festival or celebration, often associated with adornment and festivity.

الزينة اسم جامع لكل شيء يتزين به — Al-zīnah is a comprehensive name for everything used for adornment.

يَوْمُ الزِّينَةnoun

1.
Festival day, holidayclassical
A day of celebration or festivity, such as an Eid.

يوم الزينة: العيد — The day of adornment: the festival.

أَزْيَنَتْverb

1.
To become adorned, to be beautifiedclassical
To become beautiful, attractive, or embellished.

تزينت الأرض بالنبات وازينت وازدانت ازديانا وتزينت وازينت وازيأنت وأزينت أي حسنت وبهجت — The earth became adorned with plants, and it became beautified, and it became adorned with adornment, and it became adorned, and it became beautified, and it became adorned, meaning it became beautiful and splendid.

ازْيَأَنَّتْverb

1.
To become adorned, to be beautifiedclassical
A variant form of 'to become adorned' or 'to be beautified'.

أُزَيِّنَتْverb

1.
To become adorned, to be beautifiedclassical
Another variant form of 'to become adorned' or 'to be beautified'.

زَائِنadjective

1.
Adorned, beautifiedclassical
A woman who is adorned or beautified; dressed up.

امرأة زائن: متزينة — A woman zā'in: adorned.

الزَّوْنnoun

1.
Place of idolsclassical
A place where idols are gathered, set up, and adorned.
2.
Object of worshipclassical
Anything taken as a god and worshipped besides Allah, because it is adorned or appears attractive.

الزون: موضع تجمع فيه الأصنام وتنصب وتزين — Al-zūn: a place where idols are gathered, set up, and adorned.

الزُّونَةnoun

1.
Adornment, decorationclassical
A comprehensive name for that which is used for adornment, similar to الزينة.

Parallel reading

الزين: خلاف الشين، وجمعه أزيان؛ قال حميد بن ثور: تصيد الجليس بأزيانها ...

Al-zayn: the opposite of al-shayn, and its plural is azyān; Hamid bin Thawr said: It hunts the companion with its adornments...

ودل أجابت عليه الرقى زانه زينا وأزانه وأزينه، على الأصل، وتزين هو وازدان بمعنى، وهو افتعل من الزينة إلا أن التاء لما لان مخرجها ولم توافق الزاي لشدتها، أبدلوا منها دالا، فهو مزدان، وإن أدغمت قلت مزان، وتصغير مزدان مزين، مثل مخير تصغير مختار، ومزيين إن عوضت كما تقول في الجمع مزاين ومزايين، وفي حديث خزيمة: ما منعني أن لا أكون مزدانا بإعلانك أي متزينا بإعلان أمرك، وهو مفتعل من الزينة، فأبدل التاء دالا لأجل الزاي.

And a gazelle that responded to the incantations, beauty adorned it, and made it beautiful, and made it beautiful, according to the origin. And he adorned himself and became adorned in meaning. It is 'ifta'ala' from 'al-zīnah', but when the 'tā'' became soft in its articulation and did not match the 'zāy' due to its harshness, they replaced it with a 'dāl', so it is 'muzdān'. If you assimilate it, you say 'muzān'. The diminutive of 'muzdān' is 'muzayyin', like 'mukhayyar' is the diminutive of 'mukhtār', and 'muzayyin' if you compensate, as you say for the plural 'mazāyin' and 'mazāyīn'. And in the hadith of Khuzaymah: 'What prevented me from not being adorned by your proclamation' means 'adorned by the proclamation of your affair'. It is 'muf'tal' from 'al-zīnah', so they replaced the 'tā'' with a 'dāl' because of the 'zāy'.

قال الأزهري: سمعت صبيا من بني عقيل يقول لآخر: وجهي زين ووجهك شين؛ أراد أنه صبيح الوجه وأن الآخر قبيحه، قال: والتقدير وجهي ذو زين ووجهك ذو شين، فنعتهما بالمصدر كما يقال رجل صوم وعدل أي ذو عدل.

Al-Azhari said: I heard a boy from Banu 'Uqayl say to another: 'My face is zayn and your face is shayn'; he meant that his face was beautiful and the other's was ugly. He said: The estimation is 'My face is possessed of beauty and your face is possessed of ugliness', so he described them with the masdar, as one says 'a man of fasting' and 'a man of justice', meaning 'possessed of justice'.

ويقال: زانه الحسن يزينه زينا.

And it is said: Beauty adorned him, making him beautiful with adornment.

قالت أعرابية لابن الأعرابي إنك تزوننا إذا طلعت كأنك هلال في غير سمان، قال: تزوننا وتزيننا واحد، وزانه وزينه بمعنى؛

An Arab woman said to Ibn al-A'rābī: 'You adorn us when you appear, as if you were a crescent moon in a non-fattening month.' He said: 'Tuzawwinunā' and 'Tuzayyinunā' are the same, and 'zānahu' and 'zayyanahu' have the same meaning.

فزني لعينيها كما زنتها ليا

So adorn me for her eyes as you adorned them for me

أنه كان يجيز من الزينة ويرد من الكذب ؛ يريد تزيين السلعة للبيع من غير تدليس ولا كذب في نسبتها أو في صفتها.

That he would permit from adornment and reject from lying; meaning the embellishment of goods for sale without deception or lying in their attribution or description.

ورجل مزين أي مقذذ الشعر، والحجام مزين؛ وقول ابن عبدل الشاعر: أجئت على بغل تزفك تسعة، ... كأنك ديك مائل الزين أعور؟ يعني عرفه.

And a man is a muzayyin, meaning one who styles the hair, and the cupper is a muzayyin; and the saying of the poet Ibn 'Abdal: 'Did you come on a mule, with nine carrying you, ... as if you were a one-eyed rooster with a leaning crest?' meaning his crest.

وتزينت الأرض بالنبات وازينت وازدانت ازديانا وتزينت وازينت وازيأنت وأزينت أي حسنت وبهجت، وقد قرأ الأعرج بهذه الأخيرة.

And the earth became adorned with plants, and it became beautified, and it became adorned with adornment, and it became adorned, and it became beautified, and it became adorned, meaning it became beautiful and splendid, and Al-A'raj recited this last one.

إذا طلعت الجبهة تزينت النخلة.

When the forehead appears, the palm tree adorns itself.

الزينة اسم جامع لكل شيء يتزين به.

Al-zīnah is a comprehensive name for everything used for adornment.

والزينة: ما يتزين به.

And al-zīnah: that which is used for adornment.

ويوم الزينة: العيد.

And the day of adornment: the festival.

وتقول: أزينت الأرض بعشبها وازينت مثله، وأصله تزينت، فسكنت التاء وأدغمت في الزاي واجتلبت الألف ليصح الابتداء.

And you say: The earth adorned itself with its grass, and it became adorned like it. Its origin is 'tazayyanat', so the 'tā'' was made silent and assimilated into the 'zāy', and the 'alif' was brought to make the beginning correct.

اللهم أنزل علينا في أرضنا زينتها أي نباتها الذي يزينها.

O Allah, send down upon our land its adornment, meaning its plants which adorn it.

زينوا القرآن بأصواتكم ؛ ابن الأثير: قيل هو مقلوب أي زينوا أصواتكم بالقرآن، والمعنى الهجوا بقراءته وتزينوا به، وليس ذلك على تطريب القول والتحزين كقوله: ليس منا من لم يتغن بالقرآن أي يلهج بتلاوته كما يلهج سائر الناس بالغناء والطرب، قال هكذا قال الهروي والخطابي ومن تقدمهما، وقال آخرون: لا حاجة إلى القلب، وإنما معناه الحث على الترتيل الذي أمر به في قوله تعالى: ورتل القرآن ترتيلا؛ فكأن الزينة للمرتل لا للقرآن، كما يقال: ويل للشعر من رواية السوء، فهو راجع إلى الراوي لا للشعر، فكأنه تنبيه للمقصر في الرواية على ما يعاب عليه من اللحن والتصحيف وسوء الأداء وحث لغيره على التوقي من ذلك، فكذلك قوله: زينوا القرآن بأصواتكم ، يدل على ما يزين من الترتيل والتدبر ومراعاة الإعراب،

Adorn the Quran with your voices. Ibn al-Athir said: It is said to be inverted, meaning 'adorn your voices with the Quran', and the meaning is to recite it frequently and adorn yourselves with it, and that is not for the sake of melodious speech and lamentation, as in his saying: 'He is not among us who does not sing with the Quran', meaning he does not recite it frequently as other people recite songs and music. He said: Al-Harawi, Al-Khattabi, and those before them said this. Others said: There is no need for inversion. Rather, its meaning is to encourage the recitation with tartil (clear, measured recitation) which is commanded in His saying, the Almighty: 'And recite the Quran with tartil'. So it is as if the adornment is for the one who recites with tartil, not for the Quran itself, just as it is said: 'Woe to poetry from bad narration', it refers to the narrator, not the poetry. So it is as if it is a warning to the one who falls short in narration about what is criticized in him from melody, mispronunciation, and bad performance, and an encouragement to others to guard against that. Thus, His saying: 'Adorn the Quran with your voices' indicates what is adorned by tartil, contemplation, and attention to grammar.

أراد بالقرآن القراءة، وهو مصدر قرأ يقرأ قراءة وقرآنا أي زينوا قراءتكم القرآن بأصواتكم، قال: ويشهد لصحة هذا وأن القلب لا وجه له حديث أبي موسى: أن النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، استمع إلى قراءته فقال: لقد أوتيت مزمارا من مزامير آل داود، فقال: لو علمت أنك تسمع لحبرته لك تحبيرا أي حسنت قراءته وزينتها، ويؤيد ذلك تأييدا لا شبهة فيه حديث ابن عباس: أن رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، قال: لكل شيء حلية وحلية القرآن حسن الصوت.

He meant by the Quran: recitation, which is the masdar of 'qara'a' (to recite) - 'qirā'atan' and 'qur'ānan'. Meaning: 'Adorn your recitation of the Quran with your voices.' He said: And what supports the correctness of this, and that inversion is not necessary, is the hadith of Abu Musa: That the Prophet, peace be upon him, listened to his recitation and said: 'You have been given a flute from the flutes of the family of David.' He said: 'If I had known you were listening, I would have embellished it for you with embellishment', meaning he would have improved his recitation and adorned it. This is supported with certainty by the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas: That the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 'Everything has an adornment, and the adornment of the Quran is a beautiful voice.'

والزينة والزونة: اسم جامع لما تزين به، قلبت الكسرة ضمة فانقلبت الياء واوا.

And al-zīnah and al-zūnah: a comprehensive name for that which is used for adornment, the kasrah was changed to a dammah, so the 'yā'' turned into a 'wāw'.

ولا يبدين زينتهن إلا ما ظهر منها ؛ معناه لا يبدين الزينة الباطنة كالمخنقة والخلخال والدملج والسوار والذي يظهر هو الثياب والوجه.

And they shall not display their adornment except that which appears thereof; meaning they shall not display their hidden adornment, such as the necklace, anklet, bracelet, and bangle, and that which appears is the clothing and the face.

فخرج على قومه في زينته ؛ قال الزجاج: جاء في التفسير أنه خرج هو وأصحابه وعليهم وعلى الخيل الأرجوان، وقيل: كان عليهم وعلى خيلهم الديباج الأحمر.

So he went out to his people in his adornment; Al-Zajjaj said: It came in the interpretation that he went out, he and his companions, and upon them and upon the horses were purple garments, and it was said: They and their horses had red silk.

امرأة زائن: متزينة.

A woman zā'in: adorned.

والزون: موضع تجمع فيه الأصنام وتنصب وتزين.

And al-zūn: a place where idols are gathered, set up, and adorned.

والزون: كل شيء يتخذ ربا ويعبد من دون الله عز وجل لأنه يزين، والله أعلم.

And al-zūn: everything taken as a god and worshipped besides Allah, because it is adorned, and Allah knows best.