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تحيّن

Root: حين

Form: 5

Full Definition

تحيّنV , said of spunger (وَارِش), He watched for the time of eating, in order that he might enter. And تحيّن الطَّعَامَ [He watched for the time of the food]. (K voce حَضِرٌ.) And تَحَيَّنْتُ رُؤْيَةَ فُلَانٍ I watched for the time of seeing such a one. And تحيّن وَقْتَ الصَّلَاةِ He sought [to know] the time of prayer. [And accord. to Freytag's Lex., has a similar meaning; i. e. He waited for the just time of a thing; delayed a thing till the fit time.]
2 تحيّن النَّاقَةَ: see 2.

def.2 See also 1.

def.3 As meaning اِسْتَغْنَى, it is a vulgar word.


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