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بهكن

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a young, fresh, and vigorous person, particularly a young woman. It also extends to describe a light, pleasant-smelling, and attractive woman, and can refer to a woman's posterior or her gait.

Derived headwords

البَهْكَنnoun
  1. 1.
    Young manclassical

    A fresh and youthful young man.

بهاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Youthful freshness (fem.)classical

    The state of youthful freshness and vigor, specifically referring to a young woman.

بهكنةadjective
  1. 1.
    Fresh, youthful (fem.)classical

    Describing a young woman as fresh, youthful, and vigorous.

  2. 2.
    Broad-hipped (fem.)classical

    Describing a young woman as broad-hipped.

  3. 3.
    Light, pleasant-smelling, attractive (fem.)classical

    Describing a young woman as light, pleasant-smelling, sweet, and attractive.

بهكنadjective
  1. 1.
    Fresh, youthfulclassical

    Describing something as fresh and youthful, often used for a young man.

بهكلadjective
  1. 1.
    Fresh, youthfulclassical

    An alternative form to 'بهكن', describing freshness and youthfulness.

البَهْكَنَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    Broad-hipped womenclassical

    Plural of 'بهكنة', referring to women who are broad-hipped.

البَهَاكِنnoun
  1. 1.
    Broad-hipped womenclassical

    Plural of 'بهكنة', referring to women who are broad-hipped.

بَهْكَنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Freshness, youthfulnessclassical

    The quality of being fresh and youthful.

  2. 2.
    Lightness, pleasant smell, attractivenessclassical

    The quality of being light, pleasant-smelling, sweet, and attractive.

بَهَاكِنَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Full of youthful freshnessclassical

    Describing a woman as having abundant youthful freshness and tenderness.

تَبَهْكَنَتْverb
  1. 1.
    To walk with a swaying gaitclassical

    Used to describe a woman walking with a swaying or proud gait, often implying a large posterior.

Parallel reading

وهي بهاء.
And she is youthful freshness.
امرأة بهكنة: غضة وهي ذات شباب بهكن
A 'bahkana' woman: fresh, and she is possessed of youthful vigor.
وكفل مثل الكثيب الأهيلرعبوبة ذات شباب بهكل
And a hip like a well-formed dune, a full-figured woman with youthful vigor.
جارية بهكنة: تارة عريضة، وهن البهكنات والبهاكن.
A 'bahkana' slave girl: sometimes broad-hipped, and they are the 'bahkanaat' and the 'bahakin'.
الجارية الخفيفة الطيبة الرائحة المليحة الحلوة.
The light, pleasant-smelling, attractive, sweet slave girl.
ويقال للعجزاء: تبهكنت في مشيتها
And it is said of a woman with a large posterior: she swayed in her walk.
امرأة بهاكنة، كعلابطة: ذات شباب غض؛
A 'bahakina' woman, like 'alaabita': possessed of tender youthfulness;
بهاكنة غضة بضة برود الثنايا خلاف الكرى
Tender, fresh, cool-lipped, contrary to sleep.