mahājin

half-breeds, mulattos

مَهاجِن

Word

Noun · pattern مَفاعِل

Root

ه ج ن

From the same root

All words from ه ج ن →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries
  • نَكَحَ فِى بَنِى فُلاَنٍ وَهَجَّنَ أَوْلَادَهُمْ Form I He married among the sons of such a one, and made their children to be base-born, or ignoble
    [He married among the sons of such a one, and made their children to be base-born, or ignoble]. (TA in art. بغل.)
  • هُجْنَةٌ Meanness of race
    [Meanness of race, in a horse]. (K, voce إِعْراَبٌ.)
  • هَجِينٌ One whose father is free, or an Arab, and whose mother is a slave
    One whose father is free, or an Arab, and whose mother is a slave. (S, K.) ― -b2- A horse [half-blooded] got by a stallion of generous race out of a mare not of such race: (S:) or got by an Arabian stallion out of a mare not of Arabian birth: (Msb:) or not of generous birth; a jade. (K.)
  • هَاجِنٌ not arrived at puberty
    A girl not arrived at puberty, or a beast not yet fit to be covered: see an ex. voce جَلَّ.

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