ابن
Root: ابن
3 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
ابن II to celebrate, praise, eulogize (ه a deceased person), deliver a funeral oration (ه in praise of s.o.)
Entry 2
ابن see 1بن
Entry 3
ابن ibn pl. ابناء abnā’, بنون banūn son; descendant. scion; offspring, son (of a nation or people)│ ابن آدم pl. بنو آدم (son of Adam) man, human being; ابن آوى ibn āwā jackal; ابن البلد ibn a1-balad local inhabitant, native; ابناء البلد natives, native population; ابن الحرب ibn al-ḥarb warrior; soldier; warlike, bellicose; ابن السبيل wayfarer, wanderer; ابن خمسين سنة 50 years old; ابن ساعته ibn sā‘atihī temporal, transient, passing; ابن صلبه ibn ṣulbihī his own son; ابن عرس ibn ‘irs weasel; بنو ماء السماء banū mā’ as-samā’ the Arsbs; بنو سويف Beni Suef (city in Egypt, S of Cairo)
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