رهين

Arabic

Root
ر ه ن (r h n)
3 terms

Adjective

رَهِين • (rahīn)

1. A mortgage or pawn.
2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 74:38:

     كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

     kullu nafsin bimā kasabat rahīnatun

     Every soul will be detained for what it has done.

Descendants

• → Old Galician-Portuguese: arrafẽes, arrefẽes, arrefenas
  • Galician: refén, arrafén
  • Portuguese: refém
• → Old Spanish: arrehen, rehen
  • Spanish: rehén
• → Swahili: rehani