ذهن
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ذ ه ن (ḏ h n) |
| 4 terms |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ðihn/
Noun
ذِهْن • (ḏihn) m (plural أَذْهَان (ʔaḏhān))
- mind
- Al-Mutanabbi
- وَلَيْسَ يَصِحُّ فِي الْأَذْهَانِ شَيْءٌ / إِذَا ٱحْتَاجَ النَّهَارُ إِلَى دَلِيلِ
- walaysa yaṣiḥḥu fī l-ʾaḏhāni šayʾun / ʾiḏā ḥtāja n-nahāru ʾilā dalīli
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Al-Mutanabbi
- intellect
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | ذِهْن ḏihn |
الذِّهْن aḏ-ḏihn |
ذِهْن ḏihn |
| nominative | ذِهْنٌ ḏihnun |
الذِّهْنُ aḏ-ḏihnu |
ذِهْنُ ḏihnu |
| accusative | ذِهْنًا ḏihnan |
الذِّهْنَ aḏ-ḏihna |
ذِهْنَ ḏihna |
| genitive | ذِهْنٍ ḏihnin |
الذِّهْنِ aḏ-ḏihni |
ذِهْنِ ḏihni |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | ذِهْنَيْن ḏihnayn |
الذِّهْنَيْن aḏ-ḏihnayn |
ذِهْنَيْ ḏihnay |
| nominative | ذِهْنَانِ ḏihnāni |
الذِّهْنَانِ aḏ-ḏihnāni |
ذِهْنَا ḏihnā |
| accusative | ذِهْنَيْنِ ḏihnayni |
الذِّهْنَيْنِ aḏ-ḏihnayni |
ذِهْنَيْ ḏihnay |
| genitive | ذِهْنَيْنِ ḏihnayni |
الذِّهْنَيْنِ aḏ-ḏihnayni |
ذِهْنَيْ ḏihnay |
| plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَذْهَان ʔaḏhān |
الْأَذْهَان al-ʔaḏhān |
أَذْهَان ʔaḏhān |
| nominative | أَذْهَانٌ ʔaḏhānun |
الْأَذْهَانُ al-ʔaḏhānu |
أَذْهَانُ ʔaḏhānu |
| accusative | أَذْهَانًا ʔaḏhānan |
الْأَذْهَانَ al-ʔaḏhāna |
أَذْهَانَ ʔaḏhāna |
| genitive | أَذْهَانٍ ʔaḏhānin |
الْأَذْهَانِ al-ʔaḏhāni |
أَذْهَانِ ʔaḏhāni |
Descendants
- Maltese: dehen
- → Azerbaijani: zehin
- → Bashkir: зиһен (zihen)
- → Kazakh: зейін (zeiın)
- → Persian: ذهن (zehn)
- → Ottoman Turkish: ذهن (zihn)
- → Tatar: зиһен (zihen)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “ذهن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic ذِهْن (ḏihn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈðihn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ze̞ɦn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zeɦn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zeɦn]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ḏihn |
| Dari reading? | zehn |
| Iranian reading? | zehn |
| Tajik reading? | zeh |
| Dari | ذهن |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | зеҳн |
Noun
ذهن • (zihn / zehn) (plural اذهان (azhān / ozhân))
- mind, intellect
- c. 1120, Sanā'ī Ghaznawī, “Tarkīb-band in praise of Ērānshāh”, in دیوان فرخی سنایی [Dīvān of Sanā'i][1]:
- آفتاب اندر فلک شاگرد ذهن و رای تست
مشتری در حسرترخسارهٔ چون ماه تست- āftāb andar falak šāgird-i ḏihn u rāy-i tu-st
muštarī dar hasrat-i ruxsāra-yi čūn māh-i tu-st - The sun in the sky is the [mere] disciple of your intellect and thought;
[The planet] Jupiter is yearning for your cheeks [which are beautiful] like the Moon.
- āftāb andar falak šāgird-i ḏihn u rāy-i tu-st
Related terms
- ذهنی (zihnī / zehni)
- ذهین (zihīn / zehin)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ذهن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ذهن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press