mihna

vocation, profession, occupation

مِهْنَة

Word

Noun · pattern فِعْلَة

Root

م ه ن

Forms

Plural: مِهَن

In the library

فَقَالَتْ : كَانَ يَكُونُ فِي مِهْنَةِ أَهْلِهِ ، فَإِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلاةُ خَرَجَ.

Al-Adab al-Mufrad, page 179 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries

اِمْتَهَنَهُ Form VIII He used it for service and work

He used it for service and work: (K:) i. q. اِبْتَذَلَهُ, q. v.: (S, Msb:) He held it in mean estimation. (Har, p. 65.)
مَِهْنَةٌ work, labour

[is syn. with عَمَلٌ and فِعْلٌ, and means work, labour, or] service; ministration; performance of an office. (S, &c.) ― -b2- Also, The clothes worn in service, or in the performance of business. (Msb.)
مَهِينٌ Contemptible; abject

Contemptible; abject: (S, K) weak: having little judgment and discrimination. (K.)

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