سخن

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Arabic

Etymology 1.1

From the root س خ ن (s-ḵ-n). Compare Aramaic שחן.

Pronunciation

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Verb

سَخُنَ or سَخَنَ (saḵuna or saḵana) I (non-past يَسْخُنُ (yasḵunu), verbal noun سُخُونَة (suḵūna) or سَخَانَة (saḵāna))
سَخِنَ (saḵina) I (non-past يَسْخَنُ (yasḵanu), verbal noun سَخَن (saḵan) or سُخْنَة (suḵna))

  1. to be hot, to become hot
  2. to be ill, to become ill
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Verb

سَخَّنَ (saḵḵana) II (non-past يُسَخِّنُ (yusaḵḵinu), verbal noun تَسْخِين (tasḵīn))

  1. (transitive) to heat
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Adjective

سُخْن (suḵn) (feminine سُخْنَة (suḵna), elative أَسْخَن (ʔasḵan))

  1. hot
  2. warm
Declension

References

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

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *cánhati; see there for more.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? suxan, saxun, suxun, saxan
Dari reading? suxan
Iranian reading? soxan
Tajik reading? suxan

Noun

سُخَن (soxan) (plural سخنان (soxanân))

  1. speech

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س خ ن
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic سَخَنَ (saḵana).

Pronunciation

Verb

سخن (saḵan) I (present بسخن (bosḵon))

  1. (intransitive) to become hot, to heat up
Conjugation
    Conjugation of سخن (saḵan)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سخنت (saḵant) سخنت (saḵant) سخن (saḵan) سخننا (saḵanna) سخنتو (saḵantu) سخنو (saḵanu)
f سخنتي (saḵanti) سخنت (saḵnat)
present m بسخن (basḵon) بتسخن (btosḵon) بسخن (bosḵon) منسخن (mnosḵon) بتسخنو (btosḵonu) بسخنو (bosḵonu)
f بتسخني (btosḵoni) بتسخن (btosḵon)
subjunctive m أسخن (ʔasḵon) تسخن (tosḵon) يسخن (yosḵon) نسخن (nosḵon) تسخنو (tosḵonu) يسخنو (yosḵonu)
f تسخني (tosḵoni) تسخن (tosḵon)
imperative m اسخن (osḵon) اسخنو (osḵonu)
f اسخني (osḵoni)
See also
Temperature · حرارة (ḥarāra)
Cold Warm Hot Hot (Weather) Very Hot
Noun برد (bard) دفا (dafa) حرّ (ḥarr) شوب (šōb) حمّ (ḥamm)
Verb برد (barad) دفي (difi) سخن (saḵan) شوّب (šawwab) حمي (ḥimi)
Adjective بارد (bāred) دافي (dāfi) سخن (suḵn), حارّ (ḥārr) مشوّب (mšawweb) حامي (ḥāmi)
Feeling بردان (bardān) دفيان (dafyān) شوبان (šōbān) حميان (ḥamyān)

Etymology 2

From Arabic سَخَّنَ (saḵḵana).

Pronunciation

Verb

سخّن (saḵḵan) II (present بسخّن (bisaḵḵen))

  1. (transitive) to heat up, to warm up
    Synonym: دفّى (daffa)
    Antonym: برّد (barrad)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of سخّن (saḵḵan)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سخّنت (saḵḵant) سخّنت (saḵḵant) سخّن (saḵḵan) سخّننا (saḵḵanna) سخّنتو (saḵḵantu) سخّنو (saḵḵanu)
f سخّنتي (saḵḵanti) سخّنت (saḵḵanat)
present m بسخّن (basaḵḵen) بتسخّن (bitsaḵḵen) بسخّن (bisaḵḵen) منسخّن (minsaḵḵen) بتسخّنو (bitsaḵḵnu) بسخّنو (bisaḵḵnu)
f بتسخّني (bitsaḵḵni) بتسخّن (bitsaḵḵen)
subjunctive m اسخّن (asaḵḵen) تسخّن (tsaḵḵen) يسخّن (ysaḵḵen) نسخّن (nsaḵḵen) تسخّنو (tsaḵḵnu) يسخّنو (ysaḵḵnu)
f تسخّني (tsaḵḵni) تسخّن (tsaḵḵen)
imperative m سخّن (saḵḵen) سخّنو (saḵḵnu)
f سخّني (saḵḵni)

Etymology 3

From Arabic سُخْن (suḵn).

Pronunciation

Adjective

سخن (suḵn) (feminine سخنة (suḵne), elative أسخن (ʔasḵan))

  1. hot, warm (of things)
See also
Temperature · حرارة (ḥarāra)
Cold Warm Hot Hot (Weather) Very Hot
Noun برد (bard) دفا (dafa) حرّ (ḥarr) شوب (šōb) حمّ (ḥamm)
Verb برد (barad) دفي (difi) سخن (saḵan) شوّب (šawwab) حمي (ḥimi)
Adjective بارد (bāred) دافي (dāfi) سخن (suḵn), حارّ (ḥārr) مشوّب (mšawweb) حامي (ḥāmi)
Feeling بردان (bardān) دفيان (dafyān) شوبان (šōbān) حميان (ḥamyān)