ذهن

See also: ذہن, دھن, and دهن

Arabic

Root
ذ ه ن (ḏ h n)
4 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðihn/

Noun

ذِهْن • (ḏihnm (plural أَذْهَان (ʔaḏhān))

  1. 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)
  2. intellect

Declension

Declension of noun ذِهْن (ḏihn)
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

 

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))

  1. 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.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  • ذهنی (zihnī / zehni)
  • ذهین (zihīn / zehin)

Further reading