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الوءن

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes width and breadth, particularly in relation to a person's physique or the general dimensions of something. It can refer to a broad-chested man or anything characterized by its wide expanse.

Derived headwords

الوأنnoun
  1. 1.
    broad manclassical

    A man who is broad in the chest and shoulders, indicating a wide physique.

  2. 2.
    broad thingclassical

    Anything characterized by its width or breadth, not limited to living beings.

وأنةnoun
  1. 1.
    widthclassical

    The quality or state of being wide or broad; breadth.

Parallel reading

الوأن: الرجل العريض، أو كل عريض، وهي: وأنة.
Al-Wa'an: The broad man, or everything broad, and it is: Wa'nah.