wāzin

weighing

وازِن

Word

Noun · pattern فاعِل

Root

و ز ن

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فاقتسمها هو وأخوه حاتم قبل دفنه، فأخذ أحمد وحده ألف ألف وثلاثمائة ألف درهم، وسبعين ألف دينار، ذهبا عينا مثاقيل وازنة جيادا، سوى العروض .

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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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