לחן

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ל־ח־ן (l-ḥ-n)

From Arabic لَحْن (laḥn). Attested since Medieval Hebrew, for example in the Kuzari.

Noun

לַחַן • (lákhan) m (plural indefinite לְחָנִים, singular construct לַחַן־, plural construct לַחֲנֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. A tune (as the tune of a song), a melody.

See also

• ל־ חן

References

• “לַחַן” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), →ISBN, page 594.