حنن

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to longing, yearning, and compassion. It extends to sounds, specific places, and even conditions of madness or being a specific type of being.

Derived headwords

الحنينnoun

1.
longing and yearning of the soulboth
longing and yearning of the soul

حن إليهverb

1.
to long forboth
To feel intense longing or yearning for someone or something.

حانadjective

1.
so he is longingboth
so he is longing
2.
it was time for him to do such and such: it is time, meaning it is dueboth
it was time for him to do such and such: it is time, meaning it is due
3.
its time came: meaning its time approachedboth
its time came: meaning its time approached
4.
the man perished: meaning he diedboth
the man perished: meaning he died

الحنانnoun

1.
mercyboth
mercy
2.
the merciful oneboth
the merciful one

حن عليهverb

1.
to show compassionboth
To be merciful or compassionate towards someone.

الحنان بالتشديدadjective

1.
compassionateclassical
Possessing great mercy and compassion.

طريق حنانadjective

1.
clear, evidentclassical
Describing a path or way that is clear and evident.

أبرق الحنانname

1.
Al-Hanan's lightningclassical
A place name.

قوس حنانةadjective

1.
whining (bow)classical
A bow that makes a whining sound when drawn.

تحنن عليهverb

1.
to show tendernessboth
To act with tenderness and compassion towards someone.

حنانك يا ربnoun

1.
Your mercy, O Lordclassical
An invocation meaning 'Your mercy, O Lord'.

حنانيك يا ربnoun

1.
Your mercy, O Lordclassical
An invocation meaning 'Your mercy, O Lord', similar to 'حنانك'.

حنين الناقةnoun

1.
camel's cryclassical
The sound a female camel makes when distressed or calling for her young.

حنانةname

1.
Hananahclassical
A proper name, mentioned as a shepherd's name.

حنة الرجلnoun

1.
man's wifeclassical
A man's wife.

حنة البعيرnoun

1.
camel's bellowclassical
The bellowing sound of a camel.

حانةnoun

1.
she-camelclassical
A female camel.

آنةnoun

1.
meaning 'it was as they say'.both
meaning 'it was as they say'.

المستحنadjective

1.
tremblingclassical
Trembling or shaking, possibly due to age or weakness.

حن عنيverb

1.
to turn awayclassical
To turn away or deviate from someone or something.

ما تحنني شيئاverb

1.
to avertclassical
To turn away or avert something, especially harm.

الحنونadjective

1.
howling (wind)classical
Describing a wind that makes a howling or moaning sound.

حنينname

1.
a place name, masculine and feminine; if you mean the country and the place, you mention it and inflect itboth
a place name, masculine and feminine; if you mean the country and the place, you mention it and inflect it

الحنnoun

1.
a tribe of jinnboth
a tribe of jinn
2.
a creation between jinn and humansboth
a creation between jinn and humans
3.
the best of them in recitation or singingboth
the best of them in recitation or singing
4.
more astute concerning itboth
more astute concerning it

محونadjective

1.
possessed, madclassical
A man who is possessed or mentally unsound.

حنةnoun

1.
his wifeboth
his wife

الحنother

1.
a tribe of jinnboth
a tribe of jinn
2.
a creation between jinn and humansboth
a creation between jinn and humans
3.
the best of them in recitation or singingboth
the best of them in recitation or singing
4.
more astute concerning itboth
more astute concerning it

حنname

1.
he longed for it, he yearns for it with longingboth
he longed for it, he yearns for it with longing
2.
he had mercy on him, he has mercy on him with mercyboth
he had mercy on him, he has mercy on him with mercy

Parallel reading

الحنين: الشوق وتوقان النفس.

Al-hanīn: longing and the soul's yearning.

تقول منه: حن إليه يحن حنينا فهو حان.

From it, one says: he longed for him, he longs, a longing, so he is one who longs.

والحنان: الرحمة.

And al-ḥanān: mercy.

يقال منه: حن عليه يحن حنانا.

From it, it is said: he showed mercy to him, he shows mercy, with mercy.

وحنانا من لدنا

And mercy from Us

والحنان بالتشديد: ذو الرحمة.

And al-ḥanān (with shaddah): the possessor of mercy.

ويقال أيضا: طريق حنان، أي واضح.

And it is also said: a clear path, meaning evident.

وأبرق الحنان: موضع.

And Abrāq al-Ḥanān: a place.

وقوس حنانة: تحن عند الإنباض.

And a ḥananah bow: it whines when drawn.

وتحنن عليه: ترحم.

And he showed tenderness towards him: he showed mercy.

وحنانك يا رب وحنانيك يا رب، بمعنى واحد، أي رحمتك.

Your mercy, O Lord, and Your mercy, O Lord, mean the same thing, i.e., Your mercy.

وحنين الناقة: صوتها في نزاعها إلى ولدها.

And the camel's yearning: her sound in her distress for her young.

وحنة الرجل: امرأته.

And a man's ḥannah: his wife.

وحنة البعير: رغاؤه.

And a camel's ḥannah: its bellow.

وما له حانة ولا آنة، أي ناقة ولا شاة.

And he has neither a she-camel nor a ewe, meaning neither a she-camel nor a sheep.

وترى الشيخ منها يحب الإيا ب يرجف كالشارف المستحن

And you see the old man from it, he loves the grazing, trembling like the aged, trembling one.

وحن عني يحن بالضم، أي صد.

And he turned away from me, he turns away (with dammah), meaning he deviated.

ويقال أيضا: ما تحنني شيئا من شرك، أي ما تصرفه عني.

And it is also said: it does not turn away anything of your evil from me, meaning it does not avert it from me.

والحنون: ريح لها حنين كحنين الابل.

And al-ḥanūn: a wind that has a yearning sound like the yearning of camels.

غشيت بها منازل مقفرات تذعذعها مذعذعة حنون

I covered with it desolate dwellings, scattered by a howling wind.

ويوم حنين

And the day of Hunayn

نصروا نبيهم وشدوا أزره بحنين يوم تواكل الابطال

They supported their prophet and strengthened his arm at Hunayn on the day when heroes vied with each other.

كان حنين رجلا شديدا ادعى إلى أسد بن هاشم بن عبد مناف، فأتى عبد المطلب وعليه خفان أحمران فقال: يا عم، أنا ابن أسد ابن هاشم.

Hunayn was a strong man who claimed lineage to Asad ibn Hashim ibn Abd Manaf. He came to Abd al-Muttalib wearing two red slippers and said: O uncle, I am the son of Asad, son of Hashim.

فقالوا: "رجع حنين بخفيه" فصار مثلا.

So they said: 'Hunayn returned with his slippers,' and it became a proverb.

أبيت أهوى في شياطين ترن مختلف نجواهم حن وجن

I spend the night descending among devils whose varied whispers are 'ḥann' and 'jinn'.

ورجل محنون، أي مجنون، وبه حنة أي جنة.

And a possessed man, meaning mad, and he has ḥannah, meaning madness.

ويقال: الحن: خلق بين الجن والانس.

And it is said: al-ḥann: a creation between jinn and humans.

وحن بالضم: اسم رجل.

And ḥann (with dammah): a man's name.