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هَانَ

Root: هون

Form: 1

Full Definition

هَانَI , Verbal.Noun هَوَانٌ and هُونٌ and مَهَانَةٌ, He, or it, was, or became, low, base, vile, abject, mean, paltry, contemptible, despicable, ignominious, inglorious, and weak; syn. ذَلَّ, and حَقُرَ, and ضَعُفَ.
2 هَانَ عَلَيْهِ [It was of light estimation to him] It was [easy and] light to him.
3 هَانَ also, He, or it, was, or became, gentle, and easy.
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