ذهن

ذهن

See also: ذہن‎, دھن‎, and دهن‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ذ ه ن‎ (ḏ-h-n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðihn/

Noun

ذِهْن • (ḏihn) m (plural أَذْهَان‎ (ʾaḏhān))

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 quote)

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 ʾaḏhān	الْأَذْهَان‎ al-ʾaḏhān	أَذْهَان‎ ʾaḏhān
Nominative	أَذْهَانٌ‎ ʾaḏhānun	الْأَذْهَانُ‎ al-ʾaḏhānu	أَذْهَانُ‎ ʾaḏhānu
Accusative	أَذْهَانًا‎ ʾaḏhānan	الْأَذْهَانَ‎ al-ʾaḏhāna	أَذْهَانَ‎ ʾaḏhāna
Genitive	أَذْهَانٍ‎ ʾaḏhānin	الْأَذْهَانِ‎ al-ʾaḏhāni	أَذْهَانِ‎ ʾaḏhāni

Descendants

• Maltese: dehen
• → Persian: ذهن‎ (zehn)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ذهن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic ذِهْن‎ (ḏihn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ðihn/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /zɪhn/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /zehn/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /zehn/

Dari	ذهن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	зеҳн (zehn)

Noun

ذهن • (zehn)

1. mind

Related terms

• ذهنی‎ (zehni)
• ذهین‎ (zehin)