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زكنه

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of knowing, understanding, and perceiving, often through conjecture or suspicion. It extends to notions of approximation, resemblance, and deception, as well as a specific tribal name.

Derived headwords

زَكِنَverb
  1. 1.
    to knowboth

    To have knowledge of something, to understand it.

  2. 2.
    to perceiveclassical

    To discern or perceive something, often through intuition or insight.

  3. 3.
    to suspectboth

    To have a suspicion or conjecture about something.

كَفَرِحَverb
  1. 1.
    to knowclassical

    An alternative form or dialectal variation for 'to know' or 'to understand'.

أَزْكَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to informboth

    To make someone know something; to inform or apprise them.

  2. 2.
    to make understandboth

    To cause someone to understand or comprehend something.

  3. 3.
    to approximateclassical

    To bring something close to another, to approximate it.

الزِّكْنnoun
  1. 1.
    certainty of beliefclassical

    A strong conviction or belief that is like certainty for the believer, or a strong form of conjecture.

يُزَاكِنُverb
  1. 1.
    to approximateclassical

    To be close to or approximate a number or quantity.

يُدَايِنُونَverb
  1. 1.
    to be akin toclassical

    To be similar to, to resemble, or to be akin to another group.

يُثَافِنُونَهُمْverb
  1. 1.
    to be close toclassical

    To be close to, to associate with, or to be neighbors with.

الإِزْكَانnoun
  1. 1.
    accurate conjectureclassical

    The act of conjecturing something and being correct.

الزَّكَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    accurate conjectureclassical

    The quality or state of making accurate conjectures.

الزَّكَانِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    accurate conjectureclassical

    The quality or state of making accurate conjectures.

كَصَرْدadjective
  1. 1.
    حافظclassical

    One who is a حافظ (hafiz), meaning a preserver or memorizer.

  2. 2.
    ضبطclassical

    One who is ضابط (dabit), meaning precise, accurate, or in control.

التَّزْكِينnoun
  1. 1.
    likeningclassical

    The act of likening or comparing something to something else.

  2. 2.
    deceptionclassical

    The act of deceiving, misleading, or dressing up something falsely.

  3. 3.
    suspicionsclassical

    Conjectures or suspicions that arise in the soul.

زَاكَاَنname
  1. 1.
    a tribeclassical

    A name of an Arab tribe that resided in Qazvin.

Parallel reading

زكنه، كفرح، وأزكنه: علمه، وفهمه، وتفرسه، وظنه.
He knew him, understood him, perceived him, and suspected him. Or, he informed him and made him understand.
أو الزكن: ظن بمنزلة اليقين عندك، أو طرف من الظن.
Or, al-zukun: a conjecture that is like certainty for you, or a part of conjecture.
وأزكنه: أعلمه، وأفهمه.
And azkanahu: he informed him, and made him understand.
وهذا جيش يزاكن ألفا: يقاربه.
And this army approximates a thousand: it is close to it.
وبنو فلان بني فلان: يدانونهم، ويثافنونهم.
And the sons of so-and-so are akin to the sons of so-and-so: they are close to them and associate with them.
والإزكان: أن تزكن شيئا بالظن فتصيب، والاسم: الزكانة والزكانية.
And al-izkan: is to conjecture something by suspicion and be correct, and the noun is al-zakana and al-zakaniyya.
وكصرد: الحافظ الضابط.
And like 'usrud: the preserver, the accurate one.
والتزكين: التشبيه، والتلبيس، والظنون التي تقع في النفوس.
And al-tazkin: is likening, deception, and the suspicions that occur in the souls.
وزاكان: قبيلة من العرب، سكنوا قزوين.
And Zakan: is a tribe of Arabs, they resided in Qazvin.