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رغن

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to listening attentively and accepting, often with a sense of willingness or inclination. It also extends to concepts of greed, earthly desires, and sustenance, as well as geographical locations.

Derived headwords

رَغَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to listen and acceptboth

    To listen to speech and accept it willingly and with satisfaction.

  2. 2.
    to incline towardsboth

    To incline towards something, such as peace, and become calm.

  3. 3.
    to eat and drink heartilyclassical

    To eat and drink in abundance and enjoyment.

  4. 4.
    to covetclassical

    To desire something greedily.

  5. 5.
    to be likeclassical

    Used as a variant of 'la'alla' (perhaps, maybe).

رَغَنَ إِلَيْهِ — He listened to him and accepted.
رَغَنَ إِلَى الصُّلْحِ — He inclined towards peace.
أَرْغَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to listen and acceptboth

    To listen to speech and accept it willingly and with satisfaction.

  2. 2.
    to incline towardsboth

    To incline towards something, such as peace, and become calm.

  3. 3.
    to make covetousboth

    To make someone desire something greedily.

  4. 4.
    to make easyclassical

    To make a matter seem easy or trivial.

  5. 5.
    to obeyclassical

    To be obedient, used to describe hunting dogs.

أَرْغَنَ إِلَيْهِ — He listened to him and accepted.
أَرْغَنَ إِلَى الصُّلْحِ — He inclined towards peace.
لَا تُرْغِنَّنَّ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ — Do not make him covetous of that.
الإِرْغَانnoun
  1. 1.
    listening and acceptanceboth

    The act of listening to speech and accepting it willingly.

  2. 2.
    inclinationboth

    The act of inclining towards something, like peace.

الرَّغَنnoun
  1. 1.
    eating and drinkingclassical

    Eating and drinking in abundance and enjoyment, associated with a day of plenty.

  2. 2.
    greedclassical

    Covetousness or strong desire.

الرَّغْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    easy landclassical

    A term for soft, easy-to-traverse land, particularly used in Yemen.

مُرْغِينَانname
  1. 1.
    city nameboth

    A city located in Transoxiana, near Fergana.

الأَرْغِينَانِيname
  1. 1.
    nisba nameboth

    A nisba (attribution) indicating origin from the region of Arghinān.

الرَّاغِنِيname
  1. 1.
    nisba nameboth

    A nisba indicating origin from the village of Rāghina near Samarkand.

Parallel reading

الإصغاء إلى القول وقبوله كالإرغان
Listening to speech and accepting it, like al-irghān.
أصغى إليه قابلا راضيا بقوله
He listened to him, accepting and pleased with his words.
رغن إليه وأرغن: أصغى إليه قابلا راضيا بقوله
Raghan ilayhi and arghan: he listened to him, accepting and pleased with his words.
رغن إلى الصلح: مال إليه وسكن، كأرغن
Raghan ila al-sulh: he inclined towards peace and became calm, like arghan.
أي رغن
Meaning, he inclined.
وأخرى تصفقها كل ريح سريع لدى الحور إرغانها
And another, tossed by every swift wind, its inclination is near the water.
يوم رغن إذا كان ذا أكل ونهيم وشرب
A day of raghan is when there is eating, feasting, and drinking.
يوم مزن إذا كان ذا فرار من العدو
A day of mazn is when there is fleeing from the enemy.
يوم سعن إذا كان ذا شراب صاف
A day of sa'an is when there is pure drink.
الرغن: الطمع
Al-raghan: greed.
الرغنة، (بهاء: الأرض السهلة) ، يمانية
Al-raghanah (with ha): easy land, a term from Yemen.
لا ترغنن له في ذلك أي لا تطمعه فيه
Do not make him covetous of that, meaning do not make him desire it.
أرغن الأمر: هونه
Arghan al-amr: he made the matter seem easy.
رغن: لغة في لعل
Raghan: a dialectal variant of 'la'alla' (perhaps).
رغنه عند اللها: أي لعله عند اللها
Raghanahu 'inda al-laha: meaning, perhaps it is at al-laha.
مرغينان، بكسر الغين: د بما وراء النهر
Marghinan (with kasra on the ghayn): a city in Transoxiana.
أرغن: أطاع
Arghan: obeyed.
مرغنات لأخلج الشدق سلعام ممر مفتولة عضده
Obedient to the one with a gaping mouth, whose arm is strong.
أرغينان: كورة بنتيسابور قصبتها الروانين
Arghinan: a district in Nishapur, its capital is al-Rawanin.
راغن: قرية بصغد سمرقند
Raghin: a village in Sogd of Samarkand.