دهان

See also: دہان

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
د ه ن (d h n)
5 terms

Compare دَهَنَ (dahana, “to oil, to paint”).

Noun

دِهَان • (dihān) m (plural دِهَانَات (dihānāt) or أَدْهِنَة (ʔadhina))

cold cream, cosmetic cream, salve, ointment, unguent
paint, varnish
hypocrisy, dissimulation, deceit

Declension

Declension of noun **دِهَان** (dihān)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	دِهَان dihān	الدِّهَان ad-dihān	دِهَان dihān
nominative	دِهَانٌ dihānun	الدِّهَانُ ad-dihānu	دِهَانُ dihānu
accusative	دِهَانًا dihānan	الدِّهَانَ ad-dihāna	دِهَانَ dihāna
genitive	دِهَانٍ dihānin	الدِّهَانِ ad-dihāni	دِهَانِ dihāni
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	دِهَانَيْن dihānayn	الدِّهَانَيْن ad-dihānayn	دِهَانَيْ dihānay
nominative	دِهَانَانِ dihānāni	الدِّهَانَانِ ad-dihānāni	دِهَانَا dihānā
accusative	دِهَانَيْنِ dihānayni	الدِّهَانَيْنِ ad-dihānayni	دِهَانَيْ dihānay
genitive	دِهَانَيْنِ dihānayni	الدِّهَانَيْنِ ad-dihānayni	دِهَانَيْ dihānay
plural	sound feminine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	دِهَانَات‎; أَدْهِنَة dihānāt‎; ʔadhina	الدِّهَانَات‎; الْأَدْهِنَة ad-dihānāt‎; al-ʔadhina	دِهَانَات‎; أَدْهِنَة dihānāt‎; ʔadhinat
nominative	دِهَانَاتٌ‎; أَدْهِنَةٌ dihānātun‎; ʔadhinatun	الدِّهَانَاتُ‎; الْأَدْهِنَةُ ad-dihānātu‎; al-ʔadhinatu	دِهَانَاتُ‎; أَدْهِنَةُ dihānātu‎; ʔadhinatu
accusative	دِهَانَاتٍ‎; أَدْهِنَةً dihānātin‎; ʔadhinatan	الدِّهَانَاتِ‎; الْأَدْهِنَةَ ad-dihānāti‎; al-ʔadhinata	دِهَانَاتِ‎; أَدْهِنَةَ dihānāti‎; ʔadhinata
genitive	دِهَانَاتٍ‎; أَدْهِنَةٍ dihānātin‎; ʔadhinatin	الدِّهَانَاتِ‎; الْأَدْهِنَةِ ad-dihānāti‎; al-ʔadhinati	دِهَانَاتِ‎; أَدْهِنَةِ dihānāti‎; ʔadhinati

Etymology 2

Occupational noun from the verb دَهَنَ (dahana, “to paint”).

Noun

دَهَّان • (dahhān) m (plural دَهَّانُون (dahhānūn), feminine دَهَّانَة (dahhāna))

house painter, painter

Declension

Declension of noun **دَهَّان** (dahhān)
singular	masculine			feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	دَهَّان dahhān	الدَّهَّان ad-dahhān	دَهَّان dahhān	دَهَّانَة dahhāna	الدَّهَّانَة ad-dahhāna	دَهَّانَة dahhānat
nominative	دَهَّانٌ dahhānun	الدَّهَّانُ ad-dahhānu	دَهَّانُ dahhānu	دَهَّانَةٌ dahhānatun	الدَّهَّانَةُ ad-dahhānatu	دَهَّانَةُ dahhānatu
accusative	دَهَّانًا dahhānan	الدَّهَّانَ ad-dahhāna	دَهَّانَ dahhāna	دَهَّانَةً dahhānatan	الدَّهَّانَةَ ad-dahhānata	دَهَّانَةَ dahhānata
genitive	دَهَّانٍ dahhānin	الدَّهَّانِ ad-dahhāni	دَهَّانِ dahhāni	دَهَّانَةٍ dahhānatin	الدَّهَّانَةِ ad-dahhānati	دَهَّانَةِ dahhānati
dual	masculine			feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	دَهَّانَيْن dahhānayn	الدَّهَّانَيْن ad-dahhānayn	دَهَّانَيْ dahhānay	دَهَّانَتَيْن dahhānatayn	الدَّهَّانَتَيْن ad-dahhānatayn	دَهَّانَتَيْ dahhānatay
nominative	دَهَّانَانِ dahhānāni	الدَّهَّانَانِ ad-dahhānāni	دَهَّانَا dahhānā	دَهَّانَتَانِ dahhānatāni	الدَّهَّانَتَانِ ad-dahhānatāni	دَهَّانَتَا dahhānatā
accusative	دَهَّانَيْنِ dahhānayni	الدَّهَّانَيْنِ ad-dahhānayni	دَهَّانَيْ dahhānay	دَهَّانَتَيْنِ dahhānatayni	الدَّهَّانَتَيْنِ ad-dahhānatayni	دَهَّانَتَيْ dahhānatay
genitive	دَهَّانَيْنِ dahhānayni	الدَّهَّانَيْنِ ad-dahhānayni	دَهَّانَيْ dahhānay	دَهَّانَتَيْنِ dahhānatayni	الدَّهَّانَتَيْنِ ad-dahhānatayni	دَهَّانَتَيْ dahhānatay
plural	masculine			feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	دَهَّانِين dahhānīn	الدَّهَّانِين ad-dahhānīn	دَهَّانِي dahhānī	دَهَّانَات dahhānāt	الدَّهَّانَات ad-dahhānāt	دَهَّانَات dahhānāt
nominative	دَهَّانُونَ dahhānūna	الدَّهَّانُونَ ad-dahhānūna	دَهَّانُو dahhānū	دَهَّانَاتٌ dahhānātun	الدَّهَّانَاتُ ad-dahhānātu	دَهَّانَاتُ dahhānātu
accusative	دَهَّانِينَ dahhānīna	الدَّهَّانِينَ ad-dahhānīna	دَهَّانِي dahhānī	دَهَّانَاتٍ dahhānātin	الدَّهَّانَاتِ ad-dahhānāti	دَهَّانَاتِ dahhānāti
genitive	دَهَّانِينَ dahhānīna	الدَّهَّانِينَ ad-dahhānīna	دَهَّانِي dahhānī	دَهَّانَاتٍ dahhānātin	الدَّهَّانَاتِ ad-dahhānāti	دَهَّانَاتِ dahhānāti

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Alternative forms

دهن (dahan) (dialectal or archaic)^[1]
آن (ân) (colloquial)
دان (dân) (colloquial)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (PWME /⁠dahān⁠/, “mouth”), apparently from an earlier formation *dam-fāzek, composed of (dam, “breath”) + a Proto-Iranian *faź (“mouth, muzzle”) of unclear origin, perhaps sound-symbolic.^[2] Another theory takes the entire formation as a derivative of a Proto-Indo-European *ǵep- (“mouth, to chew”), whence English jowl.^[3] Compare Avestan 𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬁𐬥𐬋 (åŋhānō, “mouth”), genitive form of Avestan 𐬁𐬵 (āh, “mouth”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /da.ˈhaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.ɦɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æ.ɦɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.ɦɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dahān
Dari reading^?	dahān
Iranian reading^?	dahân
Tajik reading^?	dahon

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Noun


Iranian Persian	دهان
Dari	دهان
Tajik	даҳон

دَهان • (dahân) (plural دَهان‌ها (dahân-hâ))

mouth (cavity in the face)
(more literary) ― dahân-at-râ bâz kon. ― Open your mouth.

(more colloquial) ― dahan-et-o bâz kon. ― Open your mouth.
- 1177, Farīd ud-Dīn ʿAṭṭār, “حکایت طوطی [The Parrot's Tale]”, in منطق الطیر [The Conference of the Birds], lines 802—803:
  طوطی آمد با دهان پر شکر، در لباس فستقی با طوق زر
  tūtī āmad bā dahān pur-šakar, dar libās-i fustuqī bā tawq-i zarr
  The parrot came with a mouth full of sugar, in pistachio-green robes with a golden collar
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume VI, verse 4081:
  چون نشیند بهر خور بر روی برگ، در فتد اندر دهان مار و مرگ
  čūn nišīnad bahr-i xwar bar rō-yi barg, dar fatād andār dahān-i mār u marg
  When it [the bird] settles on the leaf for the purpose of eating, it falls into the mouth of the snake and death.
(by extension) mouth, opening

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: دهان (dehan)
→ Urdu: دَہان (dahān)
→ Uzbek: dahan

References

^ “دهن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary‎^[1], 23 September 2012 (last accessed), archived from the original on 25 December 2012
^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) “*faź-, *fāź-, *fauź-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 50
^ Nourai, Ali (2011) “Geph, Gebh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 142

[1] “دهن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary‎^[1], 23 September 2012 (last accessed), archived from the original on 25 December 2012

[2] Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) “*faź-, *fāź-, *fauź-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 50

[3] Nourai, Ali (2011) “Geph, Gebh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 142

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