حصان

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Arabic

Root
ح ص ن (ḥ ṣ n)
6 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħi.sˤaːn/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

حِصَان (ḥiṣānm (plural أَحْصِنَة (ʔaḥṣina) or حُصُن (ḥuṣun))

  1. horse
  2. stallion, stud, sire
  3. (chess) knight
  4. horsepower

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Yoruba: ẹṣin

See also

Chess pieces in Arabic · (layout · text)
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شَاه (šāh) وَزِير (wazīr) رُخّ (ruḵḵ) – قَلْعَة (qalʕa) فِيل (fīl) حِصَان (ḥiṣān) بَيْدَق (baydaq) – جُنْدِيّ (jundiyy)

Egyptian Arabic

Noun

حصان (ḥúṣānm, أحصنة (ʾaḥṣína) pl

  1. horse

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ح ص ن
1 term
حُصان

Etymology

From Arabic حِصَان (ḥiṣān).

Pronunciation

Noun

حصان (ḥuṣānm (plural أحصنة (ʔaḥṣina))

  1. horse
  2. stallion
  3. (chess) knight

Synonyms

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حِصَان (ḥiṣān).

Pronunciation

Noun

حصان (ḥṣānm (plural أحصنة (ʔaḥṣine) or حصن (ḥuṣon))

  1. horse
    Synonym: (collective) خيل (ḵēl)
  2. (chess) knight

See also

Chess pieces in South Levantine Arabic · قطع الشطرنج (ʔuṭaʕ iš-šaṭranj) (layout · text)
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ملك (malik) ملكة (malike) قلعة (ʔalʕa) وزير (wazīr) حصان (ḥsān) جندي (jundi)