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هاون

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ه و ن (h w n)
18 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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هَاوَنَ (hāwana) III (non-past يُهَاوِنُ (yuhāwinu), verbal noun مُهَاوَنَة (muhāwana))

  1. to be engaged in what is easy, to do what one finds brings ease or is easiest to do, to be one without stress or only doing what comes easy
  2. to be self-indulgent, to adopt an epicurean mindset, to engage in contemptible or trifling activities
  3. to be gentle on (someone)
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Middle Persian [script needed] (hʾwn' /⁠hāwan⁠/, mortar).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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هَاوُن (hāwunm (plural أَهْوَان (ʔahwān) or هَوَاوِين (hawāwīn))

  1. mortar (tool used with a pestle)
    Synonyms: مِهْرَاس (mihrās), جُرْن (jurn), نِجْر (nijr)
  2. mortar (weapon)
Declension
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References
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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “hāwan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 43

Persian

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یک هاون یونانی برنزی و دسته‌اش
Mortar and Pestle from bronze alloy, Greece.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (hʾwn' /⁠hāwan⁠/, mortar).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? hāwan
Dari reading? hāwan
Iranian reading? hâvan
Tajik reading? hovan

Noun

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هاون (hâvan)

  1. mortar (tool used with pestle).
  2. (by extension) pestle and mortar.

Derived terms

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References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “hāwan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 43