tahāwun
disdain, indifference
تَهاوُن
Word
Noun · pattern تَفاعُلRoot
ه و نIn the library
وأشبههم بالفيل الهائج الذي لا يلتفت إلى شيءٍ: فإن حز به أمر تهاون به، وإن أضاع الأمور حمل ذلك على قرنائه.
Kalila wa Dimna, page 33 →From the same root
- هَوَّنَfacilitate, disparage
- هَوْنleisure, ease
- هُونdisgrace, degradation
- هَيِّنlight, easy, insignificant
- هَوانinsignificance, degradation
- أَهْوَنeasy, comfortable, unimportant
- تَهاوَنَconsider easy, disdain, be indifferent toward
- تَهْوِينdisdain, disparagement
- هَنْهُونَةlullaby
- اِسْتَهْوَنَconsider easy, disdain, scorn
- مُتَهاوِنindifferent, negligent
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 10 entries-
هَانَ Form I He, or it, was, or became, low, base, vile, abject, mean, paltry, contemptible, despicable, ignominious, inglorious,...
, inf. n. هَوَانٌ and هُونٌ (Msb, K) and مَهَانَةٌ, (K,) He, or it, was, or became, low, base, vile, abject, mean, paltry, contemptible, despicable, ignominious, inglorious, and weak; syn. ذَلَّ, (Msb, K,) and حَقُرَ, (Msb,) and ضَعُفَ. (TA.) ― -b2- هَانَ عَلَيْهِ [It was of light estimation to him] It (a thing) was [easy and] light to him. (TA.) ― -b3- هَانَ also, He, or it, was, or became, gentle, and easy. (Msb.) -
هَوَّنَهُ عَلَيْهِ Form II made it easy and light to him
He (God) made it easy and light to him. (K, * TA.) ― -b2- هَوِّنِى الأَمْرَ وَلاَ تَحْزَنِيى لَهُ [Make thou the case, or affair, light, or easy; i. e., regard it lightly; and do not grieve for it]. (TA, art. خفض.) -
أَهَاهَهُ Form IV He held him in light, or little, or mean, estimation, or in contempt
, and بِهِ ↓ اِسْتَهَانَ, and بِهِ ↓ تَهَاوَنَ, He held him in light, or little, or mean, estimation, or in contempt; despised him; made light of him or it. (S, K, &c.) ― -b2- أَهَانَهُ He lowered, or abased, him; debased him; rendered him abject, vile, mean, paltry, contemptible, despicable, or ignominious. -
تَهَاْوَنَ Form VI Open entry
see 4. -
إِسْتَهْوَنَ Form X Open entry
see 4. -
هَيْنٌ Easy
and ↓ هَيِّنٌ Easy: (S, Msb, K:) and the latter of light estimation, paltry, despicable. (K, * TA.) -
على هِيْنَتَكِ at their ease
at their ease. -
هَيِّنٌ Open entry
: see هَيْنٌ. -
أَهْوَنُ Open entry
in the sense of هَيِّنٌ: see أَكْبَرُ. See also an ex. voce بَصِيرَةٌ; and another voce بَعْرٌ. -
بَعِيرٌ مُهَانٌ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ A camel held in mean estimation by his owner
[A camel held in mean estimation by his owner]. (TA, art. دفع.)
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