مهين

Derived from the active participle of the verb أَهَانَ (ʔahāna, “to insult”).

• IPA^(key): /mu.hiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

مُهِين • (muhīn) (feminine مُهِينَة (muhīna), masculine plural مُهِينُونَ (muhīnūna), feminine plural مُهِينَات (muhīnāt))

1. humiliating, demeaning, insulting, offensive, degrading
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 45:9:

     أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

     ʔūlāʔika lahum ʕaḏābun mmuhīnun

     It is they who will suffer a humiliating punishment.

• → Persian: مهین (mohin)
• → Catalan: amoïnar
• → Spanish: mohíno
  • → Portuguese: mofino
• → Ottoman Turkish: مهین (muhin)

Derived from the active participle of the verb مَهُنَ (mahuna, “to be contemptible”).

• IPA^(key): /ma.hiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

مَهِين • (mahīn) (feminine مَهِينَة (mahīna), masculine plural مَهِينُونَ (mahīnūna), feminine plural مَهِينَات (mahīnāt))

1. contemptible, abject, despicable
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 68:10:

     وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ

     walā tuṭiʕ kulla ḥallāfin mmahīnin

     And do not obey the despicable, vain oath-taker.

• → Persian: مهین (mahin)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مهین (mehin)