Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَهْنَأٌ

Root: هنأ

Full Definition

مَهْنَأٌ : see هَنِىءٌ.
2 لَكَ المَهْنَأُ, and المَهْنَا, [Unalloyed gratification to thee!]
3 لَكَ المَهْنَأُ وَعَلَيْهِ الوِزْرُ [To thee be unalloyed gratification, and on him be the burden, or sin]: said, accord. to a trad., to one who asked whether he should accept an invitation to eat the food of one who received unlawful interest or profit; and also said with respect to eating the food of a tyrannical intendant.


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