mīzān

balance

مِيزان

Word

Noun

Root

و ز ن

In the library

وَيَا قَوْمِ أَوْفُوا الْمِكْيَالَ وَالْمِيزَانَ بِالْقِسْطِ ۖ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 8 entries
  • وَزَنَ Form I It (a thing) was heavy
    It (a thing) was heavy: (Msb:) or outweighed, or preponderated; syn. وَجَحَ. (TA.)
  • هٰذَا يُوَازِنُ هٰذَا Form III This is equiponderant to this
    This is equiponderant to this. (S.)
  • اِتَّزَنَهُ Form VIII He took it, or received it, by weight
    He took it, or received it, by weight. (S, * Mgh, Msb, K. *) See an ex. voce سَنْجَةٌ.
  • الوَزْنُ A certain star in the left fore leg of Centaurus
    A certain star in the left fore leg of Centaurus. (Kzw.) See حَضَارِ.
  • زِنِىٌّ Open entry
    , rel. n. of زِنَةٌ. (S, art. وعد, q. v., voce عِدَةٌ.)
  • وَازِنٌ heavy
    : see رَاجِحٌ: heavy: (Msb:) or of full weight: (KL:) pl. وُزَّنٌ: see زَالٌّ. You say, دِرْهَمٌ وَازِنٌ (S) A full, or complete, dirhem: (so in a copy of the S:) [a dirhem of full weight: a heavy dirhem. (PS.)
  • وَزَّانٌ A weigher
    A weigher. (TA, in art. قسط.)
  • مِيزَانٌ A weighing-instrument
    A weighing-instrument; (TA:) a balance; a pair of scales. ― -b2- The weight of a thing. (K, &c.) See مِثْقَالٌ.

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