لحن
Not in Hans Wehr
This word isn't in Hans Wehr — but it's in Lane's Lexicon
لحن doesn't appear in Hans Wehr's Modern Standard Arabic dictionary, but Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon has 2 entries for it, distinguished by diacritics. Select one below for the full classical Arabic definition.
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لَحَنَ Form 1
1 لَحَنَ ذ He erred in speech; spoke incorrectly. (Msb.) -b2- لَحَنَ لَهُ He said to him something which he (the latter) understood, but which was unintelligible to others: (Az, S, Msb, K:) he intimated to him something …
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لَحْنٌ
لَحْنٌ ذ The meaning of speech; its intended sense or import: (S, K, TA:) its intent: (TA:) [it is direct: and also indirect:] an indication thereof whereby the person addressed is made to understand one's intent; so say…
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