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دَهْقَنَ

Root: دهقن

Form: Q. 1

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دَهْقَنَ
Q. 1
: see the next paragraph.

def.2 دَهْقَنُوهُ, (Verbal.Noun دَهْقَنَةٌ, TK,) They made him a دِهْقَان. El-'Ajjáj says, دُهْقِنَ بِالتَّاجِ وَبِالتَّسْوِيرِ [He was made a دهقان by receiving the تاج and by being decked with bracelets].
2 دَهْقَنَ الطَّعَامَ, Verbal.Noun دَهْقَنَةٌ, with which دَهْمَقَةٌ is syn., He made the food soft, or delicate: because softness, or delicacy, of food is from الدَّهْقَنَةُ [as meaning التَّدَهْقُن].
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