ذهن

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See also: ذہن, دھن, and دهن

Arabic

Root
ذ ه ن (ḏ h n)
3 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

ذِهْن (ḏihnm (plural أَذْهَان (ʔaḏhān))

  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 quotation)
  2. intellect

Declension

Descendants

References

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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ذِهْن (ḏihn).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? ḏihn
Dari reading? zehn
Iranian reading? zehn
Tajik reading? zehn
Dari ذهن
Iranian Persian
Tajik зеҳн

Noun

ذهن (zehn)

  1. mind, intellect
    • c. 1120, Sanā'ī Ghaznawī, “Tarkīb-band in praise of Ērānshāh”, in دیوان فرخی سنایی [Dīvān of Sanā'i]‎:
      آفتاب اندر فلک شاگرد ذهن و رای تست
      مشتری در حسرترخسارهٔ چون ماه تست
      āftāb andar falak šāgird-i ḏihn u rāy-i tu-st
      muštarī dar hasrat-i ruxsāra-yi čūn māh-i tu-st
      The sun in the sky is the disciple of your intellect and thought;
      Jupiter is yearning for your cheeks like the Moon.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

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