رهين

Arabic

Root
ر ه ن (r h n)
4 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ra.hiːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Adjective

رَهِين • (rahīn)

  1. A mortgage or pawn.
  2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 74:38:
      كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
      kullu nafsin bimā kasabat rahīnatun
      Every soul will be detained for what it has done.

Descendants

  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: arrafẽes, arrefẽes, arrefenas
    • Galician: refén, arrafén
    • Portuguese: refém
  • → Old Spanish: arrehen, rehen
  • → Swahili: rehani
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