istihjān
disapproval, condemnation
اِسْتِهْجان
Word
Noun · pattern اِسْتِفْعالRoot
ه ج نIn the library
ثم إنهم يصرحون باستهجانه واستقباحه كأنهم لم يصح عندهم أنها لغة الجيل الأول.
The Muqaddimah, page 360 →From the same root
- هَجُنَbe incorrect
- هَجَّنَdisparage, excoriate
- هُجُنcamels
- هُجْنَةfault, defect
- هَجِينhalf-breed, mulatto
- مَهاجِنhalf-breeds, mulattos
- هَجِينَةriding camel
- اِسْتَهْجَنَcondemn, disapprove
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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