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الطن

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds, particularly buzzing or humming, and also encompasses concepts of weight, substance, and physical form. It extends to meanings of being heavy, substantial, or even dying, and can refer to specific objects or actions associated with these sounds or states.

Derived headwords

الطَّنُّnoun
  1. 1.
    red, sweet fruitclassical

    A red fruit that is intensely sweet.

  2. 2.
    bodyboth

    The body of a human or other creature.

  3. 3.
    load, burdenboth

    A load or burden, often referring to a heavy weight.

  4. 4.
    space between shaftsclassical

    The space between the two shafts of a yoke or similar structure.

  5. 5.
    bundle of reedsclassical

    A bundle of reeds or similar plant material.

أَطْنَانٌnoun
  1. 1.
    bodiesboth

    Plural of طن (body).

طَنَّانٌnoun
  1. 1.
    bodiesboth

    Plural of طن (body).

طَسْتٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of a basinclassical

    The sound made by a metal basin (طست).

وَطَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundboth

    To make a buzzing, humming, or ringing sound.

  2. 2.
    to dieclassical

    To die or perish.

طَنَّverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundboth

    To make a buzzing, humming, or ringing sound.

  2. 2.
    to dieclassical

    To die or perish.

طَنَّنَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundboth

    To make a buzzing, humming, or ringing sound.

أَطَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to cut off a legclassical

    To cut off someone's leg.

طَسْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    its soundclassical

    The sound it makes, referring to a basin (طست).

طَنطَنَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sound imitationclassical

    An onomatopoeic imitation of the sound of a lute or similar instrument.

الطَّنِيُّadjective
  1. 1.
    corpulent manboth

    A man who is large, stout, or corpulent.

ذُو طَنطَانٍphrase
  1. 1.
    noisy personboth

    A person characterized by loudness, clamor, or boisterousness.

Parallel reading

الطن: رطب أحمر شديد الحلاوة
Al-Tann: a red fruit, intensely sweet.
وبالضم: بدن الإنسان وغيره ج: أطنان وطنان
And with damma (الطُّنُّ): the body of a human and others, plural: atnān and tanān.
والعلاوة بين العدلين
And the space between the two shafts (of a yoke).
وحزمة القصب، الواحدة: بهاء
And a bundle of reeds, the singular unit is: bahā'.
وكأمير: صوت الذباب والطست
And like amīr (طَسِيرٌ): the sound of flies and a basin.
وطن: صوت، كطنطن وطنن، ومات
And watana: a sound, like tanṭana and tanana, and to die.
وأطن ساقه: قطعها
And aṭanna his leg: he cut it off.
والطست: صوته
And al-ṭast: its sound.
والطنطنة: حكاية صوت الطنبور وشبهه
And al-tanṭana: imitation of the sound of a lute and the like.
والطني، بالضم: الرجل الجسيم
And al-ṭannī, with damma (الطَّنِيُّ): the corpulent man.
ورجل ذو طنطان: ذو صخب
And a man with tanṭān: one with clamor.