محنة

Arabic

Root
م ح ن (m ḥ n)
3 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miħ.na/

Noun

مِحْنَة • (miḥna) f (plural مِحَن (miḥan))

1. catastrophe, calamity, disaster, tragedy, woe, affliction, adversity, tribulation, distress

Declension

Declension of noun مِحْنَة (miḥna)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِحْنَة miḥna	الْمِحْنَة al-miḥna	مِحْنَة miḥnat
Nominative	مِحْنَةٌ miḥnatun	الْمِحْنَةُ al-miḥnatu	مِحْنَةُ miḥnatu
Accusative	مِحْنَةً miḥnatan	الْمِحْنَةَ al-miḥnata	مِحْنَةَ miḥnata
Genitive	مِحْنَةٍ miḥnatin	الْمِحْنَةِ al-miḥnati	مِحْنَةِ miḥnati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِحْنَتَيْن miḥnatayn	الْمِحْنَتَيْن al-miḥnatayn	مِحْنَتَيْ miḥnatay
Nominative	مِحْنَتَانِ miḥnatāni	الْمِحْنَتَانِ al-miḥnatāni	مِحْنَتَا miḥnatā
Accusative	مِحْنَتَيْنِ miḥnatayni	الْمِحْنَتَيْنِ al-miḥnatayni	مِحْنَتَيْ miḥnatay
Genitive	مِحْنَتَيْنِ miḥnatayni	الْمِحْنَتَيْنِ al-miḥnatayni	مِحْنَتَيْ miḥnatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِحَن miḥan	الْمِحَن al-miḥan	مِحَن miḥan
Nominative	مِحَنٌ miḥanun	الْمِحَنُ al-miḥanu	مِحَنُ miḥanu
Accusative	مِحَنًا miḥanan	الْمِحَنَ al-miḥana	مِحَنَ miḥana
Genitive	مِحَنٍ miḥanin	الْمِحَنِ al-miḥani	مِحَنِ miḥani

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: möhnət
• → Bashkir: миһнәт (mihnət)
• → Ottoman Turkish: محنت (mihnet)
  • Turkish: mihnet
• → Persian: محنت (mehnat)
  • → Bengali: মেহনত (mehnot)
  • → Gujarati: મહેનત (mahenat)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: मेहनत (mehnat)

    Urdu: محنت (mehnat)

  • → Marathi: मेहनत (mehnat)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਮਿਹਨਤ (mihnat)

    Shahmukhi script: مِحْنَت (miḥnat)

  • → Sindhi: مِحْنَتَ (mihnata)
• → Uyghur: مېھنەت (mëhnet)
• → Uzbek: mehnat

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِحْنَة (miḥna).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪħ.nə/

Noun

مِحْنة • (miḥna) f (plural مِحَن (miḥan))

1. disaster, tragedy, tribulation, an extremely difficult and testing situation
2. (definite, Kuwait) المحنة (il-miḥna): The 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein forces

   Synonym: الغزو (il-ḡazu)

3. (slang) horniness, randiness