خدن
Arabic
FWOTD – 3 July 2022
Etymology
Univerbation of أَخٌ دَانٍ (ʾaḵun dānin), literally “close brother”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xidn/
Noun
خِدْن • (ḵidn) m or f (plural أَخْدَان (ʾaḵdān)) (countable, archaic)
- a close friend
- a secret friend, an amorous companion, a bedfellow
Declension
Declension of noun خِدْن (ḵidn)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | خِدْن ḵidn | الْخِدْن al-ḵidn | خِدْن ḵidn |
| Nominative | خِدْنٌ ḵidnun | الْخِدْنُ al-ḵidnu | خِدْنُ ḵidnu |
| Accusative | خِدْنًا ḵidnan | الْخِدْنَ al-ḵidna | خِدْنَ ḵidna |
| Genitive | خِدْنٍ ḵidnin | الْخِدْنِ al-ḵidni | خِدْنِ ḵidni |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | خِدْنَيْن ḵidnayn | الْخِدْنَيْن al-ḵidnayn | خِدْنَيْ ḵidnay |
| Nominative | خِدْنَانِ ḵidnāni | الْخِدْنَانِ al-ḵidnāni | خِدْنَا ḵidnā |
| Accusative | خِدْنَيْنِ ḵidnayni | الْخِدْنَيْنِ al-ḵidnayni | خِدْنَيْ ḵidnay |
| Genitive | خِدْنَيْنِ ḵidnayni | الْخِدْنَيْنِ al-ḵidnayni | خِدْنَيْ ḵidnay |
| Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَخْدَان ʾaḵdān | الْأَخْدَان al-ʾaḵdān | أَخْدَان ʾaḵdān |
| Nominative | أَخْدَانٌ ʾaḵdānun | الْأَخْدَانُ al-ʾaḵdānu | أَخْدَانُ ʾaḵdānu |
| Accusative | أَخْدَانًا ʾaḵdānan | الْأَخْدَانَ al-ʾaḵdāna | أَخْدَانَ ʾaḵdāna |
| Genitive | أَخْدَانٍ ʾaḵdānin | الْأَخْدَانِ al-ʾaḵdāni | أَخْدَانِ ʾaḵdāni |
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:خدن.
Alternative forms
- خَدِين (ḵadīn)
Derived terms
- خُدْنَة (ḵudna, “one who associates with people as their خِدْن (ḵidn) much”)
- أَخْدَن (ʾaḵdan, “provided with أَخْدَان (ʾaḵdān)”)
- خَادَنَ (ḵādana, “to be private friends with”)
References
- Corriente, Federico; Pereira, Christophe; Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017) Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, page 398
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “خدن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 468a
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “خدن”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 548b–549a
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “خدن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 712
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “خدن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 268a