imtihān
humiliation, contempt
اِمْتِهان
Word
Noun · pattern اِفْتِعالRoot
م ه نIn the library
ولِمْ سمَحَتْ قَرونُكَ بامْتِهاني .
The Maqamat of al-Hariri, page 80 →From the same root
- مَهَنَdegrade
- مَهُنَbe despicable
- مِهْنَةvocation, profession, occupation
- مِهْنِيّprofessional, vocational, occupational
- مِهْنِيّprofessionally active
- مَهِينdespised, contemptible
- مُهِينinsulting, contemptuous
- اِمْتَهَنَdegrade, despise
- مَهانَةcontempt, humiliation, disgrace
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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