حجن

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root حجن (ḥjn) primarily relates to the concept of bending, curving, or crookedness. It extends to meanings of holding back, drawing something with a hook, and also encompasses terms for crooked objects, specific geographical locations, and even a type of tick.

Derived headwords

حَجَنَverb

1.
to bendboth
To make something curved or bent.
2.
to turn asideboth
To divert someone or something from its course; to prevent or hinder.
3.
to pull with a hookboth
To draw or pull something using a hooked implement.

حجن العود يحجنه — The stick was bent.

حَجْنnoun

1.
crookednessboth
The state of being bent or crooked.
2.
tickclassical
A type of arachnid that attaches to and feeds on the blood of animals.

حَجْنَةnoun

1.
crookednessboth
The state of being bent or crooked.
2.
bent objectboth
A bent or curved object.

تَحَجُّنnoun

1.
crookednessboth
The state of being bent or crooked.

مِحْجَنnoun

1.
crooked staffboth
A staff or stick that is bent or curved.
2.
hooked stickboth
An implement with a hook, used for pulling or drawing.

اِحْتَجَنَverb

1.
to draw with a hookboth
To pull or draw something using a hooked implement.
2.
to gather wealthboth
To collect and accumulate wealth or possessions.

احتجن المال — He gathered the wealth.

تَحْجِينnoun

1.
crooked markclassical
A mark or brand that is bent or crooked.

حَجْنَاءadjective

1.
bent earclassical
Describing an ear where one end is bent downwards towards the forehead.
2.
Mu'awiya's mareclassical
The name of a famous mare belonging to Mu'awiya al-Bukaa'i.

أَحْجَنadjective

1.
curling hairclassical
Describing hair that is curly or wavy at the ends.

شعر أحجن — Curly hair.

حَجَنَ عليهverb

1.
to be stingyboth
To be parsimonious or reluctant to spend or give.
2.
to stayclassical
To remain or reside in a place, particularly a house.

حجن عليه — He was stingy with it.

حجن بالدار — He stayed in the house.

حَجَنَة الثُّمَامnoun

1.
sheath of thumam grassclassical
The spathe or sheath of the thumam grass.

أَحْجَنَverb

1.
to have a bent earclassical
To have an ear that is bent or misshapen.

أحجن — His ear was bent.

حَجَنَة المِغْزَلnoun

1.
spindle hookclassical
The hooked part at the head of a spindle.

حَجُونnoun

1.
lazy personclassical
An individual who is characterized by laziness or idleness.
2.
mountain nameclassical
A name for a mountain located in the highlands of Mecca.
3.
expeditionclassical
A military expedition that appears to be going in one direction but then deviates to another location; a long or distant raid.

حَجَنnoun

1.
tickclassical
A small, blood-sucking arachnid.
2.
lame animalclassical
An animal that is lame or disabled.

حَوْجَنnoun

1.
red roseclassical
A type of rose, specifically one that is red in color.

حُجَيْنَةname

1.
given nameclassical
A feminine given name, derived from the root meaning crookedness.

Parallel reading

حجن العود يحجنه: عطفه

The stick was bent: it was curved.

وفلانا: صده، وصرفه، وجذبه بالمحجن، كاحتجنه

And him: he turned him aside, diverted him, and pulled him with a hooked stick, like drawing him.

والحجن، محركة، والحجنة، بالضم، والتحجن: الاعوجاج

And al-ḥajn, with vowelization, and al-ḥajnah, with dammah, and al-taḥajjun: crookedness.

وكمنبر ومكنسة: العصا المعوجة، وكل معطوف معوج

And like minbar and miknasah: the crooked staff, and everything bent and crooked.

واحتجن المال: ضمه، واحتواه

And he gathered wealth: he collected it, he encompassed it.

والتحجين: سمة معوجة

And al-taḥjīn: a crooked mark.

والحجناء: فرس معاوية البكائي

And al-Ḥajnā': the mare of Mu'awiya al-Bukā'ī.

ومن الآذان: المائلة أحد الطرفين قبل الجبهة سفلا، أو التي أقبل أطراف إحداهما على الأخرى قبل الجبهة

And of ears: one whose ends are tilted downwards towards the forehead, or whose ends turn towards each other before the forehead.

وشعر أحجن وككتف: متسلسل مسترسل رجل جعد الأطراف

And hair aḥjan and like kutuf: flowing and cascading, with curly ends.

وحجن عليه، و به، كفرح: ضن

And he was stingy with it, and about it, like farḥa: he was parsimonious.

وبالدار: أقام

And in the house: he stayed.

وحجنة الثمام، بالضم ويحرك: خوصته

And ḥajnat al-thumāma, with dammah and with vowelization: its spathe.

وأحجن: خرجت حجنته

And he had a bent ear: his ear became bent.

وحجنة المغزل: المتعقفة التي في رأسه

And the spindle's ḥajnah: the hooked part that is at its head.

والحجون: الكسلان، وجبل بمعلاة مكة، وع آخر، وكل غزوة تظهر غيرها، ثم تخالف إلى ذلك الموضع، أو هي البعيدة الطويلة

And al-Ḥajūn: the lazy one, and a mountain in the highlands of Mecca, and another mountain, and every expedition that appears to go elsewhere, then deviates to that place, or it is the distant, long one.

وكزبير: ابن المثنى، محدث

And like Zubayr: Ibn al-Muthannā, a traditionist.

والحجن، محركة وككتف: القراد، وبالتحريك: الزمن في الدابة

And al-ḥajn, with vowelization and like kutuf: the tick, and with vowelization: the lame one in the animal.

ولهب ابن أحجن: قبيلة تعرف بالقيافة

And Lahab ibn Aḥjan: a tribe known for physiognomy.

والحوجن: الورد الأحمر

And al-ḥawjan: the red rose.

وحجن بن المرقع، ومحجن بن الأدرع، ومحجن بن أبي محجن: صحابيون، وسموا: حجينة، كجهينة

And Ḥajjan ibn al-Murqqa', and Miḥjan ibn al-Adra', and Miḥjan ibn Abī Miḥjan: Companions, and they were named: Ḥujaynah, like Juḥaynah.