ذقن

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See also: دفن and دقن

Arabic

Etymology 1

From ذ ق ن (ḏ-q-n), from Proto-Semitic *ḏaḳan- (beard). Compare Hebrew זָקָן (zāqān) and Ugaritic 𐎄𐎖𐎐 (dqn).

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Noun

ذَقَن or ذِقْن (ḏaqan or ḏiqnm (plural أَذْقَان (ʔaḏqān) or ذُقُون (ḏuqūn))

  1. chin
  2. (by extension, Modern Standard Arabic) beard on the chin; goatee
    Synonym: عُثْنُون (ʕuṯnūn, goatee)
    1. (Modern Standard Arabic, proscribed and dialectal) beard
Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

ذقن (form I)

  1. ذُقْنَ (ḏuqna) /ðuq.na/: inflection of ذَاقَ (ḏāqa):
    1. third-person feminine plural past active
    2. second-person feminine plural imperative
  2. ذِقْنَ (ḏiqna) /ðiq.na/: third-person feminine plural past passive of ذَاقَ (ḏāqa)