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طنن

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root طنن (ṭnn) primarily relates to sounds, particularly buzzing, humming, or ringing. It extends to concepts of loudness, abundance, and even physical stature or weight. Some derived meanings touch upon death, cutting, and suspicion.

Derived headwords

الطَّنُnoun
  1. 1.
    red, sweet fruitclassical

    A red, very sweet fruit that is prone to drying out.

  2. 2.
    stature, heightclassical

    The stature or height of a person or other animal.

  3. 3.
    bundle of reeds/woodclassical

    A bundle of reeds or firewood.

  4. 4.
    load, baleclassical

    A load or bale, specifically of cotton after ginning.

  5. 5.
    date varietyclassical

    A variety of dates.

طَنٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    stature, heightclassical

    The stature or height of a person or other animal.

أَطْنَانٌnoun
  1. 1.
    statures, heightsclassical

    Plural of طن (ṭinn), referring to the stature or height of people or animals.

طِنَّانٌnoun
  1. 1.
    loudness, clamorclassical

    A man characterized by loudness or clamor.

الطَّنَّةُnoun
  1. 1.
    suspicion, accusationclassical

    Suspicion or accusation.

الطَّنِينُnoun
  1. 1.
    buzzing, ringing soundboth

    The sound of flies, a metal basin, the ear, or a mountain.

  2. 2.
    sound of hard objectclassical

    The sound of a hard object.

طَنَّverb
  1. 1.
    to buzz, hum, ringboth

    To make a buzzing, humming, or ringing sound, like that of flies, metal, or the ear.

  2. 2.
    to speak excessivelyclassical

    To speak excessively or make a lot of noise with speech.

  3. 3.
    to dieclassical

    To die.

  4. 4.
    to wanderclassical

    To wander, as camels do.

طَنَّنَverb
  1. 1.
    to buzz, hum, ringboth

    To make a buzzing, humming, or ringing sound.

طَنطَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to buzz, hum, ringboth

    To make a buzzing, humming, or ringing sound.

  2. 2.
    to speak excessivelyclassical

    To speak excessively or make a lot of noise with speech.

الطَّنْطَنَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    buzzing, ringing soundboth

    The sound of buzzing, humming, or ringing.

  2. 2.
    excessive talkclassical

    Excessive talk or clamor.

  3. 3.
    sound of luteclassical

    The sound of a lute or similar stringed instrument.

  4. 4.
    hidden speechclassical

    Hidden or secret speech.

أَطَنَّverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundclassical

    To make a sound, specifically the sound of a metal basin.

  2. 2.
    to cut off quicklyclassical

    To cut off quickly, referring to a leg, mimicking the sound of its fall.

طَنَّتْverb
  1. 1.
    to be cut offclassical

    To be cut off quickly, referring to a leg, mimicking the sound of its fall.

الطَّنِيُّadjective
  1. 1.
    large-bodiedclassical

    A man who is large in body, of great physical stature.

ذُو طَنطَانٍphrase
  1. 1.
    clamorous, loud-mouthedclassical

    Possessing loudness, clamor, or excessive talk.

وَطَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundboth

    To make a sound, to buzz or ring.

يُتَّهَمُverb
  1. 1.
    to be suspectedclassical

    To be suspected of something.

Parallel reading

رطب أحمر شديد الحلاوة كثير الصقر.
A red, very sweet fruit that is prone to drying out.
القامة.
Stature, height.
بدن الإنسان وغيره من سائر الحيوان
The body of a human and other animals.
فلان لا يقوم بطن نفسه فكيف بغيره؟
So-and-so cannot stand up to his own stature, how then to another's?
العلاوة بين العدلين
The load between the two sides of a camel's saddle.
معترض مثل اعتراض الطن
Obstructing like the obstruction of the load.
حزمة القصب والحطب.
A bundle of reeds and firewood.
والعامة تقوله بالكسر.
And the common people say it with a kasra.
والقصبة الواحدة من الحزمة طنة.
And a single reed from the bundle is a ṭannah.
تجمع وتحزم ويجعل في جوفها النور أو الجني.
It is gathered and tied, and the blossom or fruit is placed inside it.
صوت الذباب والطست والأذن والجبل.
The sound of flies, a metal basin, the ear, and a mountain.
صوت، كطنطن
A sound, like buzzing.
وهي كثرة الكلام، والتصويت به.
And it is excessive speech, and making noise with it.
مات
He died.
وكذلك لعق إصبعه.
And likewise licking his finger.
قطعها بسرعة
He cut it off quickly.
يحكي بذلك صوتها حين سقطت
Mimicking its sound when it fell.
صوته
Its sound.
حكاية صوت الطنبور وشبهه كالعود ذي الأوتار.
The imitation of the sound of a lute and the like, like a stringed instrument.
الرجل الجسيم
The large-bodied man.
أي العظيم الجسم.
Meaning great in body.
ذو صخب
Possessing clamor.
إن شريبيك ذوا طنطانخاوذ فأصدر يوم يوردان
Indeed, your two companions possess clamor; so let them depart on the day they arrive.
الكلام الخفي.
Hidden speech.
العدل من القطن المحلوج
A bale of ginned cotton.
لغة في الطن بمعنى التمر.
A dialectal variation of ṭinn meaning dates.
هامت.
They wandered.
ذكره في البلاد.
His mention spread in the lands.
وله قصيدة طنانة.
And he has a resounding poem.
صوت الشيء الصلب.
The sound of a hard object.
أي يتهم؛ ويروى بالظاء أيضا، وأصله يظتن من الظنة، فأدغم الظاء في التاء ثم أبدل منها طاء مشددة كما يقال مطلم في مظتلم.
Meaning he is suspected; and it is also narrated with a ẓāʾ, and its origin is yuẓtann from al-ẓannah, so the ẓāʾ was assimilated into the tāʾ, then replaced by a shaddah ṭāʾ, as in muṭallam for muẓtalam.
قرية بمصر؛
A village in Egypt;
قرية كلتاهما بالشرقية، الأخيرة على الميل، وقد وردتها.
A village, both in the Eastern Province, the latter being a mile away, and I have visited it.
التهمة؛ نقله ابن سيده.
Suspicion; as transmitted by Ibn Sīdah.