زين

Root entry · 31 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns beauty, adornment, and decoration. It encompasses things used for beautification, the state of being beautiful, and the act of making something beautiful. It also extends to concepts of goodness and positive attributes, contrasting with ugliness or defect.

Derived headwords

الزينةnoun

1.
Adornment, decorationboth
That by which one adorns oneself; a general term for anything used for beautification, such as clothing, jewelry, or appearance.
2.
Beauty, charmclassical
The delight of the eye that does not necessarily reach the inner self.
3.
Inner beautyclassical
Spiritual or intellectual qualities like knowledge and good beliefs.
4.
Physical beautyclassical
Bodily attributes such as strength, height, and good looks.
5.
External beautyclassical
Material possessions and social status.

يتزينverb

1.
To adorn oneselfboth
To make oneself beautiful or attractive.
2.
To be adornedboth
To be decorated or beautified.

المزينnoun

1.
Adorner, decoratorclassical
One who adorns or decorates.
2.
Beautician, hairdressermodern
A person who styles hair or makes someone look beautiful.

زيانnoun

1.
A valleyclassical
The name of a valley.

زينةname

1.
Zaynahboth
A female given name.

الزينةname

1.
The Festivalclassical
A name for Eid (festival) because people adorn themselves in fine clothes.
2.
The Festival of Breaking the Canalclassical
A specific day in Egypt, associated with the flooding of the Nile, celebrated with great joy.

دار الزينةname

1.
Dar al-Zaynahclassical
A place name near Aden.

زينadjective

1.
Beautiful, handsomeboth
The opposite of ugly or defective; having a pleasing appearance.

أزيانnoun

1.
Beautiesclassical
Plural of 'zaynah', referring to beautiful things or people.

زانهverb

1.
To make beautifulboth
To adorn or beautify something or someone.

زيناnoun

1.
Beauty, adornmentboth
The state or quality of being beautiful or adorned; the act of beautifying.

أزانهverb

1.
To make beautifulboth
To adorn or beautify something or someone.

زينهverb

1.
To make beautifulboth
To adorn or beautify something or someone.

تزييناnoun

1.
Adornment, beautificationboth
The act of making something beautiful or decorating it.

تزينverb

1.
To adorn oneselfboth
To make oneself beautiful or attractive.
2.
To be adornedboth
To be decorated or beautified.

ازدانverb

1.
To adorn oneselfboth
To make oneself beautiful or attractive.
2.
To become beautifulboth
To appear beautiful or attractive.

مزدانadjective

1.
Adorned, beautifiedboth
Made beautiful or decorated.

ازيانadjective

1.
Beautiful, splendidclassical
Possessing beauty and splendor.

ازينadjective

1.
Beautiful, splendidclassical
Possessing beauty and splendor.

مزينةnoun

1.
Adorned, beautifiedboth
Made beautiful or decorated.

زانةnoun

1.
Indigestion, overeatingclassical
A feeling of fullness or discomfort due to overeating.

قمر زيانadjective

1.
Beautiful moonclassical
Describing a moon that is beautiful and radiant.

زائنadjective

1.
Adorningclassical
Actively adorning or making oneself beautiful.

مزدانadjective

1.
Adorned, beautifiedboth
Made beautiful or decorated.

مزينnoun

1.
Beautician, hairdressermodern
A person who styles hair or makes someone look beautiful.
2.
Adornerclassical
One who adorns or beautifies.

زينnoun

1.
Crest of a roosterclassical
The comb of a rooster.
2.
Plant lifeclassical
The vegetation or plants of the earth.

الزينيname

1.
Al-Zayniboth
A surname or nisba indicating origin or affiliation.

زيانname

1.
Zayyanboth
A given name or part of a name.

أبو زيانname

1.
Abu Zayyanboth
A kunya (patronymic or teknonym) or name.

بنو الزينةname

1.
Banu al-Zaynahclassical
A tribal or family name.

أبو الزينةname

1.
Abu al-Zaynahclassical
A kunya (patronymic or teknonym).

Parallel reading

الزينة، بالكسر: ما يتزين به

Al-Zaynah, with a kasra: that by which one adorns oneself.

الزينة: اسم جامع لكل شيء يتزين به

Al-Zaynah: a comprehensive term for everything used for adornment.

الزينة: تحسين الشيء بغيره من لبسة أو حلية أو هيئة

Al-Zaynah: improving something with something else, such as clothing, jewelry, or appearance.

الزينة: بهجة العين التي لا تخلص إلى باطن المزين

Al-Zaynah: the delight of the eye that does not reach the inner self of the adorned.

الزينة الحقيقية ما لا يشين الإنسان في شيء من أحواله لا في الدنيا ولا في الآخرة

True adornment is that which does not disgrace a person in any of their states, neither in this world nor in the hereafter.

زينة نفسية كالعلم والاعتقادات الحسنة

Psychological adornment, like knowledge and good beliefs.

زينة بدنية كالقوة وطول القامة وحسن الوسامة

Physical adornment, like strength, height, and good looks.

زينة خارجية كالمال والجاه

External adornment, like wealth and status.

كالزيان، ككتاب

Like Zayyan, like Kitab (pattern).

الزينة: اسم واد

Al-Zaynah: the name of a valley.

ويوم الزينة: العيد

And the Day of Adornment: the Eid (festival).

موعدكم يوم الزينة

Your appointment is the Day of Adornment.

وزانه الحسن زينا

And beauty made him beautiful with beauty.

فزني لعينيها كما زنتها ليا

So adorn me for her eyes as she adorned them for me.

وأزانه وزينه تزيينا

And He made him beautiful and adorned him with adornment.

فتزين هو وازدان

So he adorned himself and became beautiful.

إذا طلعت الجبهة تزينت النخلة

When the fronds emerge, the palm tree adorns itself.

وازين: أصله تزين، سكنت التاء وأدغمت في الزاي واجتلبت الألف ليصح الابتداء

And 'azayna: its origin is 'tazayyana', the 'ta' was softened and assimilated into the 'za', and an 'alif' was brought to make the beginning valid.

كل ذلك حسن وبهج

All of that is good and splendid.

وزينه إذا ظهر فعله إما بالقول أو بالفعل

And 'wazzanahu' means if its effect appears, either by word or by deed.

وتزيين الله للأشياء قد يكون بإبداعها مزينة وإيجادها كذلك

And Allah's beautification of things may be by creating them as beautiful and bringing them into existence as such.

وتزيين الناس للشيء بتزويقهم أو بقولهم، وهو أن يمدحوه ويذكروه بما يرفع منه

And people's beautification of something is by embellishing it or by their words, which is praising it and mentioning it in a way that elevates it.

أنه كان يجيز من الزينة ويرد من الكذب

That he would permit adornment but reject falsehood.

يريد تزيين السلعة للبيع من غير تدليس ولا كذب في نسبتها أو صفتها

He means embellishing the commodity for sale without deception or lying about its origin or description.

والزين: ضد الشين

And 'al-zayn': the opposite of 'al-shayn' (ugliness).

وجهي زين ووجهك شين

My face is beautiful and your face is ugly.

وجهي صبيح الوجه، وأن الآخر قبيحه

My face is handsome, and the other's is ugly.

والزانة: التخمة

And 'al-zannah': indigestion.

قمر زيان، كسحاب: حسن

Qamar zayyan, like sahabi: beautiful.

وامرأة زائن: متزين

And a woman 'zainah': adorning herself.

المزان المزدان، بالإدغام

Al-mizaan al-muzdān, with assimilation.

وأنا مزان بإعلانك ومزدان، أي متزين بإعلان أمرك

And I am 'muzān' by your declaration and 'muzdān', meaning adorned by the declaration of your affair.

وتصغير مزدان مزين، كمخير تصغير مختار

And the diminutive of 'muzdān' is 'muzayyin', like 'mukhayyar' (diminutive of 'mukhtar').

ورجل مزين، كمعظم: مقذذ الشعر

And a man 'muzayyin', like 'mu'azzam': one with neatly arranged hair.

والحجام مزين، كمحدث

And the cupper is a 'muzayyin', like 'muhaddith'.

والزين: عرف الديك

And 'al-zayn': the crest of a rooster.

كأنك ديك مائل الزين أعور

As if you are a rooster with a tilted crest, one-eyed.

وزينة الأرض: نباتها

And the adornment of the earth: its vegetation.