حنان

See also: حنأن, جنان, چنان, and حنآن

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ن ن (ḥ-n-n).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.naːn/

Noun

حَنَان (ḥanān) m

  1. verbal noun of حَنَّ (ḥanna) (form I)
  2. mercy kindness, affection
    Synonyms: شَفَقَة (šafaqa), عَطْف (ʿaṭf)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:12-13:
      يَا يَحْيَى خُذِ الْكِتَابَ بِقُوَّةٍ ۖ وَآتَيْنَاهُ الْحُكْمَ صَبِيًّا / وَحَنَانًا مِّن لَدُنَّا وَزَكَاةً ۖ وَكَانَ تَقِيًّا
      yā yaḥyā ḵuḏi l-kitāba biquwwatin waʾātaynāhu l-ḥukma ṣabiyyan / waḥanānan mmin ladunnā wazakātan wakāna taqiyyan
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Declension

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